Why do “flammable” and “inflammable” mean the same thing, or is there a difference?

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Edit: SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU—

BTW my confusions stems from them having the same meaning online

Flammable: “easily set on fire”
Inflammable: “easily set on fire”

Definitions from Oxford Languages

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They mean the same thing, but since inflammable was so confusing, we created the word flammable to keep it less confusing.

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