inflammable vs smouldering

inflammable

adj
  • Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. 

  • Capable of burning; easily set on fire. 

  • Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed. 

noun
  • Any inflammable substance. 

smouldering

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

noun
  • The act by which something smoulders; residual heat. 

How often have the words inflammable and smouldering occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )