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Combustible vs Combustibleness - What's the difference?

combustible | combustibleness |

As nouns the difference between combustible and combustibleness

is that combustible is a material that is capable of burning while combustibleness is the state or quality of being combustible.

As an adjective combustible

is capable of burning.

combustible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of burning
    • Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught on fire.
  • * South
    • Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.
  • (figurative) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
  • * Washington Irving
    • Arnold was a combustible character.

    Antonyms

    * incombustible

    Related terms

    * combustibility * combustion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A material that is capable of burning.

    • combustibleness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being combustible.