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• nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Technically, I think they’re different. Flammable means that it can be lit on fire, like wood or something. Whereas inflammable means it can catch fire on its own, like gas, for example.

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  • chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    Synonyms, true synonyms. No real difference between them (except don’t use inflammable in safety situations, for above reasons)

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  • glups@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Credit to you for the self-correction though

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  • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    saying that “gas” is able to catch fire on its own is stretching it :) A gas mix typically still needs a spark, unlike: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic_propellant <- that stuff can “catch fire” on its own. But even there - it needs to be mixed, so technically, one component requires the other to ignite.

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    • nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, my bad, shit example.

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It makes more sense if you think of it as enflammable. Indent and indebted at examples of this “in-” prefix. merriam-webster.com/…/flammable-or-inflammable

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• militaryintelligence@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  United States education system

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• Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Flammable isn’t a word.

  Just Americans got confused by it so it became a word.

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  • Hexarei@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So then it is a word

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    • Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A word made for stupid people, yes.

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