flammable / inflammable

Two words that both mean easy to burn.

Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing: easy to catch fire. Nonflammable is the opposite. Prefer flammable on a warning. Inflammable is often misread as “will not burn.”

Examples

Useflammable liquid

Usenonflammable cloth

Avoidinflammable liquid (If a reader might take in- as not.)