Malleable vs. Pliable

Malleableadjective

Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

Pliableadjective

Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.

‘You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.’;

Malleableadjective

(metaphorical) Flexible, liable to change.

‘My opinion on the subject is malleable.’;

Pliableadjective

Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.

Malleableadjective

in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Pliableadjective

Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.

Malleableadjective

Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; - applied to metals.

Pliableadjective

Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; - sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.

Malleableadjective

Capable of being influenced to behave as desired; tractable; - used mostly of children.

Pliableadjective

susceptible to being led or directed;

‘fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda’;

Malleableadjective

easily influenced

Pliableadjective

able to adjust readily to different conditions;

‘an adaptable person’; ‘a flexible personality’; ‘an elastic clause in a contract’;

Malleableadjective

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’;

Pliableadjective

capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;

‘a flexible wire’; ‘a pliant young tree’;

Pliableadjective

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’;