Malleable vs. Pliant

Malleable vs. Pliant — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Malleable and Pliant

Malleableadjective

Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

Pliantadjective

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking

a pliant threadpliant wax

Malleableadjective

(metaphorical) Flexible, liable to change.

My opinion on the subject is malleable.

Pliantadjective

(figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.

Malleableadjective

in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Pliantadjective

capable of being influenced or formed;

the plastic minds of childrena pliant nature
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Malleableadjective

easily influenced

Pliantadjective

able to adjust readily to different conditions;

an adaptable persona flexible personalityan elastic clause in a contract

Malleableadjective

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;

ductile coppermalleable metals such as goldthey soaked the leather to made it pliablepliant molten glassmade of highly tensile steel alloy

Pliantadjective

capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;

a flexible wirea pliant young tree

Pliantadjective

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;

ductile coppermalleable metals such as goldthey soaked the leather to made it pliablepliant molten glassmade of highly tensile steel alloy