Flammable AND inflammable both mean that something can easily catch fire. Gasoline is a flammable liquid, and is inflammable. Something that will NOT burn is nonflammable.
No. they are synonyms, meaning about the same thing.Sometimes the word inflammable is used to mean "can become inflamed", which is a slightly different use.
Inflammable.
We had to keep the gasoline soaked rags away from the sparks because gasoline is so inflammable. Remember that inflammable and flammable mean the same thing. It can burn.
Antonyms for inflammable (able to burn) are noncombustible, incombustible, or nonflammable (non-flammable).(*The words flammable and inflammable have the same general meaning of combustible.)
Both words mean the same thing, i.e. that something can be set on fire.The reason for the confusion comes from people thinking that the prefix in- of inflammable is the Latin negative prefix in- (which is commonly used in English, e.g. indecent). In actual fact, in this case it is derived from the Latin preposition in. It's easier to think about it with the word inflame. If you can inflame something, it is inflammable (inflame-able).In most cases, it is better to just use flammable to avoid confusion and accidents.
flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. In which case carbon is both.
Flammable and inflammable are the same thing. Sawdust is flammable
The meaning of flammable is able to be easy ignited; inflammable is the antonym of flammable.
Inflammable is used in England where Americans would say flammable.
Imflammable means you've misspelled inflammable, which means flammable.
No. they are synonyms, meaning about the same thing.Sometimes the word inflammable is used to mean "can become inflamed", which is a slightly different use.
flammable
Inflammable.
Inflammable.
Inflammable.
We had to keep the gasoline soaked rags away from the sparks because gasoline is so inflammable. Remember that inflammable and flammable mean the same thing. It can burn.
There are actually no differences between the words "flammable" and "inflammable" as they both mean that the object or item can burn easily. Many often mistake the word "inflammable" to mean that an item cannot or is resistant to fire, however this is not the case and actually comes from the word "inflame".