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Infallible vs Inflammable - What's the difference?

infallible | inflammable |

As adjectives the difference between infallible and inflammable

is that infallible is without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy while inflammable is capable of burning; easily set on fire.

infallible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.
  • He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible .
  • certain, sure.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}

    Synonyms

    * faultless * perfect * indefective

    Antonyms

    * fallible * defective * faultful * faulty * imperfect

    inflammable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of burning; easily set on fire.
  • (figuratively) Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
  • Usage notes

    * (term) can be misinterpreted as an antonym of (flammable) and so taken to have the opposite meaning to that intended. Where such confusion might arise, especially where this may be a safety hazard, one may prefer to use (flammable) or another synonym.

    Synonyms

    * (capable of burning) combustible, flammable * (easily excited) hot-headed, quick to anger

    Antonyms

    * (incapable of burning) fireproof, incombustible, non-flammable * (easily excited) level-headed, unflappable,