Lissom vs. Lithe — What's the Difference?

Moving or able to move with grace and ease; lithe and graceful.

Lithe is an experimental programming language created in 1982 by David Sandberg at the University of Washington which allows the programmer to freely choose their own syntax. Lithe combines the ideas of syntax-directed translation and classes in a novel manner that results in a remarkably simple yet powerful language.

Easily bent; supple.

Readily bent; supple

Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe.

Marked by effortless grace

Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.

(obsolete) Mild; calm.

Light; nimble; active.

Slim but not skinny.

Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease

Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

Adaptable.

To become calm.

To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.

To attend; listen, hearken.

(transitive) To listen to, hearken to.

(Scotland) Shelter.

To listen or listen to; to hearken to.

To smooth; to soften; to palliate.

Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.

Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.

Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease