Lithe vs. Flexible — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lithe and Flexible
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Lithe
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.
Flexible
Capable of bending easily without breaking
Flexible rubber seals
Lithe
Readily bent; supple
Lithe birch branches.
Flexible
Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
A flexible hose.
Lithe
Marked by effortless grace
A lithe ballet dancer.
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Flexible
Readily bending or twisting the body without injury
You can play soccer much better if you're flexible.
Lithe
(obsolete) Mild; calm.
Lithe weather
Flexible
Able to change to cope with variable circumstances
"a flexible and quietly competent administrator" (Jerome Karabel).
Lithe
Slim but not skinny.
Lithe body
Flexible
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs
A job with flexible hours.
A flexible definition of normality.
Lithe
Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
The elephant’s lithe trunk.
Flexible
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Lithe
Adaptable.
Flexible
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
Lithe
To become calm.
Flexible
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
A flexible language
Lithe
To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
Flexible
Something that is flexible.
Lithe
To attend; listen, hearken.
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.
Lithe
(transitive) To listen to, hearken to.
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.
Lithe
(Scotland) Shelter.
Flexible
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.
Lithe
To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
Flexible
Extended meanings; capable of change;
A flexible character
Flexible schedules
Lithe
To smooth; to soften; to palliate.
Flexible
Able to flex; able to bend easily;
Slim flexible birches
Lithe
Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
Flexible
Able to adjust readily to different conditions;
An adaptable person
A flexible personality
An elastic clause in a contract
Lithe
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
Flexible
Bending and snapping back readily without breaking
Lithe
Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
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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