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Conciliatory vs Inflammatory - What's the difference?

conciliatory | inflammatory |

As adjectives the difference between conciliatory and inflammatory

is that conciliatory is willing to conciliate, or to make concessions while inflammatory is tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

As a noun inflammatory is

any material that causes inflammation.

conciliatory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • willing to conciliate, or to make concessions
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.

    Antonyms

    * unconciliatory

    Derived terms

    * conciliatoriness

    inflammatory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
  • Causing or caused by inflammation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.}}

    Noun

    (inflammatories)
  • Any material that causes inflammation