Flexible vs. Limber
Difference Between Flexible and Limber
Flexible➦
capable of bending easily without breaking
flexible rubber seals
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Limber➦
Bending or flexing readily; pliable.
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Flexible➦
Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
a flexible hose.
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Limber➦
Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; supple.
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Flexible➦
Readily bending or twisting the body without injury
You can play soccer much better if you're flexible.
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Limber➦
To make limber
limbered up his legs.
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Flexible➦
Able to change to cope with variable circumstances
"a flexible and quietly competent administrator" (Jerome Karabel).
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Limber➦
To make oneself limber
players limbering up before the game.
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Flexible➦
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs
a job with flexible hours.
a flexible definition of normality.
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Limber➦
A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to tow a field gun or a caisson.
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Flexible➦
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
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Limber➦
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
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Flexible➦
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
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Limber➦
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
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Flexible➦
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
a flexible language
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Limber➦
(obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
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Flexible➦
Something that is flexible.
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Limber➦
(military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
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Flexible➦
Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
When the splitting windMakes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.
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Limber➦
(in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
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Flexible➦
Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people.
Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.
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Limber➦
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
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Flexible➦
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.
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Limber➦
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
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Flexible➦
extended meanings; capable of change;
a flexible character
flexible schedules
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Limber➦
The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
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Flexible➦
able to flex; able to bend easily;
slim flexible birches
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Limber➦
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
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Flexible➦
able to adjust readily to different conditions;
an adaptable person
a flexible personality
an elastic clause in a contract
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Limber➦
To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
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Flexible➦
bending and snapping back readily without breaking
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Limber➦
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
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Flexible➦
making or willing to make concessions;
loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet
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Limber➦
Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.
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Limber➦
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
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Limber➦
attach the limber;
limber a cannon
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Limber➦
cause to become limber;
The violist limbered her wrists before the concert
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Limber➦
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable;
a supple mind
a limber imagination
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Limber➦
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
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