Antimony or antimony means a shiny white or gray metal, usually combined with other metals as an alloy --
Antimony is used to make clothing fire-resistant.
That battery may contain antimony.
Antinomy or antinomy means a contradiction or paradox in philosophy or logic, most commonly one arrived at by what seems to be logic --
A well-known example of antinomy is the idea of free will and belief in predestination.
"Everything I say is a lie" may demonstrate antinomy.
Now that you know that, you can say --
"Some antimony is used to make things flame-resistant, but other forms can be explosive; it's a sort of scientific antinomy."
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