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Inflationary vs Deflationary - What's the difference?

inflationary | deflationary |

As adjectives the difference between inflationary and deflationary

is that inflationary is causing or liable to cause inflation while deflationary is associated with or tending to cause deflation.

inflationary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing or liable to cause inflation.
    • The rapid influx of precious metals from the new mines had an inflationary effect on the specie based economy.

    deflationary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
  • (philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.