Malleable vs. Pliant: What's the Difference?

Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure

Easily bent or flexed; pliable.

Easily controlled or influenced

Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable

Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable

Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant

Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs

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

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

(figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.

(metaphorical) Flexible, liable to change.

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

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

Favorable to pliancy.

Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; - applied to metals.

Capable of being influenced or formed;

Capable of being influenced to behave as desired; tractable; - used mostly of children.

Able to adjust readily to different conditions;

Easily influenced

Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;

Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;

Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;