Why can some (US) outlets fit a plug from either way you put it in, but some plugs have a fatter and skinnier prong?

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Why can some (US) outlets fit a plug from either way you put it in, but some plugs have a fatter and skinnier prong?

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From my non-expert understanding is that the more universal style are unpolarized, where as the design that has the mismatch prongs are polarized

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