For example, “flammable” and “inflammable” both describe an object that can easily catch on fire. I can also think of “ceased” and “deceased”, both of which can mean someone or something has been brought to an end.

edit: Some people are including words that can also mean its opposite (like sanction or table), those are cool too! The more weird words, the better!

  • Reyali@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    The point was not that rent and lease are opposites of each other, but that both each contain opposite meanings.

    Rent means both to grant possession of a thing in exchange for rent AND to take a thing and hold in an agreement to pay rent.

    Lease means both to grant by lease and to hold under lease.

    So, put another way: “rent” has two opposite definitions, and “lease” has two opposite definitions.

    Not that rent/lease are opposites of each other.