Flexible vs. Limber — What's the Difference?

Capable of bending easily without breaking

Bending or flexing readily; pliable.

Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable

Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; supple.

Readily bending or twisting the body without injury

To make limber

Able to change to cope with variable circumstances

To make oneself limber

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

A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to tow a field gun or a caisson.

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

Flexible, pliant, bendable.

Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.

To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.

(obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

Something that is flexible.

(military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

(in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.

Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.

The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

Extended meanings; capable of change;

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.

Able to flex; able to bend easily;

Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.

Able to adjust readily to different conditions;

To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.

Bending and snapping back readily without breaking

To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Making or willing to make concessions;

Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson

Attach the limber;

Cause to become limber;

(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable;

(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely