Malleable vs. Pliant: What's the Difference?

Malleable and Pliant Definitions
Malleable
Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure
A malleable metal.
Pliant
Easily bent or flexed; pliable.
Malleable
Easily controlled or influenced
"The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott).
Pliant
Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable
A pliant poetic form.
Malleable
Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable
A malleable leader unafraid to compromise.
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Pliant
Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant
A pliant colonial regime.
Malleable
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs
The malleable rhythms of jazz.
Pliant
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking
A pliant thread
Pliant wax
Malleable
Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
Pliant
(figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.
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Malleable
(metaphorical) Flexible, liable to change.
My opinion on the subject is malleable.
Pliant
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.
The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason.
Malleable
In which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
Pliant
Favorable to pliancy.
Malleable
Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; - applied to metals.
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Pliant
Capable of being influenced or formed;
The plastic minds of children
A pliant nature
Malleable
Capable of being influenced to behave as desired; tractable; - used mostly of children.
Pliant
Able to adjust readily to different conditions;
An adaptable person
A flexible personality
An elastic clause in a contract
Malleable
Easily influenced
Pliant
Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
A flexible wire
A pliant young tree
Malleable
Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;
Ductile copper
Malleable metals such as gold
They soaked the leather to made it pliable
Pliant molten glass
Made of highly tensile steel alloy
Pliant
Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;
Ductile copper
Malleable metals such as gold
They soaked the leather to made it pliable
Pliant molten glass
Made of highly tensile steel alloy