[numinertyuesk]

Two words that are similar so reminded of the maxim "things that are similar are not the same".

I recall hearing of a man whose son wanted to build a house so the father split off some land, the house got built and the son lived in it for (from memory) around 15 years. Never recorded. No property tax.

Then he decided to have some home improvements done. He went to the bank but they did their due diligence and found the property to be not recorded. They told the son that they would loan him the money but first he would have to record the deed. So he did. Property tax started immediately.

Here is the theory. When he held the property without recording it was unalienable. Unalienable property CANNOT be sold or seized. The bank would not loan him money on a property they could not seize. After the recording the property became inalienable. Inalienable property SHOULD NOT be aliened but CAN BE aliened.

Another analogy.

You come home to find your neighbors garage on fire.

You rush in and find two cans in his garage. One can is labeled INFLAMMABLE and the other can is labeled UNFLAMMABLE. If you believe there is no difference between an IN- word and an UN- word then go ahead, grab either can and try to put the fire out. End result ... you may learn something and the neighbor might not be as neighborly.