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Antonyms

Antonyms come in three flavours 

Gradable antonyms sit on a scale like hot and cold, complementary ones exclude each other like alive and dead, and relational ones need each other like teacher and student.

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Antonyms

'Flammable' and 'inflammable' mean the same

Inflammable comes from inflame, not from a negative prefix. Safety officials pushed flammable to stop deadly confusion.

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Antonyms

'Awful' once meant awesome

Both words came from awe. Awful drifted to terrible while awesome kept the wonder, splitting a single idea in two.

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