Pliable vs. Supple — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pliable and Supple
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Pliable
Easily bent or shaped.
Supple
Supple is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Barry Supple (born 1930), English academic John Supple (c.
Pliable
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs
A pliable policy.
Supple
Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible
My mind is becoming more supple
Her supple fingers
Pliable
Easily influenced, persuaded, or controlled
Replaced the complainer with a more pliable subordinate.
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Supple
Make more flexible.
Pliable
Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.
Supple
Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant
A wallet made of supple leather.
Pliable
Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.
Supple
Moving and bending with agility; limber
A supple gymnast.
Pliable
Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
Supple
Adaptable to changing circumstances
"The supple ambiguities of English are a large part of its genius" (Mark Abley).
Pliable
Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; - sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.
Supple
To make or become supple.
Pliable
Susceptible to being led or directed;
Fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
Supple
Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
Pliable
Able to adjust readily to different conditions;
An adaptable person
A flexible personality
An elastic clause in a contract
Supple
Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
Supple joints
Supple fingers
Pliable
Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
A flexible wire
A pliant young tree
Supple
(figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
A supple horse
Pliable
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
Supple
(ambitransitive) To make or become supple.
Supple
(transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
Supple
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
Supple
Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Supple
Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
Supple
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.
Supple
To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will.
They should supple our stiff willfulness.
Supple
To become soft and pliant.
The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell.
Supple
Make pliant and flexible;
These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use
Supple
Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
Supple
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable;
A supple mind
A limber imagination
Supple
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
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