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Oils and Fats are both lipids.

Oils, from plant sources, are liquid at room temperature. Fats, almost exclusively [coconut oil is the 'saturated' example] from animal sources are typically solid at room temperature.

Saturated lipids are as straight as a toothpick and stack very nicely at room temperature.

Unsaturated lipids contain one or more C=C double bonds. Among other things, this introduces the equivalent of a Dog's Leg bend [or bends in poly-unsaturates] which makes 'the stacking' more difficult.

This is the [only] difference between Oils and Fats.

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