Threatening vs Inflammatory - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between threatening and inflammatory

is that threatening is presenting a threat; menacing; frightening while inflammatory is tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

As nouns the difference between threatening and inflammatory

is that threatening is an act of threatening; a threat while inflammatory is any material that causes inflammation.

As a verb threatening

is .

threatening

English

Alternative forms

* threatning (obsolete)

Verb

(head)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.

Derived terms

* life-threatening * nonthreatening, non-threatening * threateningly * threateningness * unthreatening

Noun

(en noun)

An act of threatening; a threat.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:

And nowe lorde beholde their threatenynges , and graunte unto thy servauntes wyth all confydence to speake thy worde.

* Charles Dickens, Pincher Astray

The butcher's boy — a fierce and beefy youth, who openly defied the dog, and waved him off with hurlings of his basket and threatenings of his feet, accompanied by growls of "Git out, yer beast!" — now entered silently

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