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catfluff
· 4 years ago
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The one is prone to combustion and the other one can be used as combustible materials or something, idk it's late and I am too lazy to check, @guest do your thing
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mialinay
· 4 years ago
It's @guest_ :D
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Lol. Thank you Mialinay. Thank you as well Catfluff. Both words in American English mean that something can be easily lit on fire. Inflammable is the older of the two words. They both share the same latin root going far enough back, “inflammable” at its roots means “to cause to catch fire” the root “inflamarre” can be seen in English and other languages with Latin roots such as the English word “inflamed” or the French “enflamme.” Flammable comes from the latin flammare (to catch fire). It is and has long been common for English speakers to mistake the “in” for the prefix “in-“ with the meaning “not-“.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
It doesn’t help the similar “incombustible” actually does mean- not combustible, doesn’t easily burn. Flammable was added to English formally in the early 1800’s. By the late 1800’s early 1900’s the word “non flammable” had started recording to be used to refer to things that didn’t burn, and not long after in the 20th century “inflammable” began being pushed out of use for labeling and such for safety reasons and concerns of confusion of meaning.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
You’ll still see the word “inflammable” but it is becoming far less common with the less easily confused “flammable” being used. One bonus fact- while “flammable” and “combustible” both tell you something will light on fire- combustible generally means that it will ignite in air at room temperatures while flammable means it requires higher than “room” or working temperatures.
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mialinay
· 4 years ago
Pfft noobs confusing in with in haha idiots
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