Supple vs. Flexible — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Supple and Flexible
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Supple
Supple is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Barry Supple (born 1930), English academic John Supple (c.
Flexible
Capable of bending easily without breaking
Flexible rubber seals
Supple
Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible
My mind is becoming more supple
Her supple fingers
Flexible
Capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
A flexible hose.
Supple
Make more flexible.
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Flexible
Readily bending or twisting the body without injury
You can play soccer much better if you're flexible.
Supple
Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant
A wallet made of supple leather.
Flexible
Able to change to cope with variable circumstances
"a flexible and quietly competent administrator" (Jerome Karabel).
Supple
Moving and bending with agility; limber
A supple gymnast.
Flexible
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs
A job with flexible hours.
A flexible definition of normality.
Supple
Adaptable to changing circumstances
"The supple ambiguities of English are a large part of its genius" (Mark Abley).
Flexible
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Supple
To make or become supple.
Flexible
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
Supple
Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
Flexible
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
A flexible language
Supple
Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
Supple joints
Supple fingers
Flexible
Something that is flexible.
Supple
(figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
A supple horse
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.
Supple
(ambitransitive) To make or become supple.
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.
Supple
(transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
Flexible
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.
Supple
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
Flexible
Extended meanings; capable of change;
A flexible character
Flexible schedules
Supple
Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Flexible
Able to flex; able to bend easily;
Slim flexible birches
Supple
Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
Flexible
Able to adjust readily to different conditions;
An adaptable person
A flexible personality
An elastic clause in a contract
Supple
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.
Flexible
Bending and snapping back readily without breaking
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.
Flexible
Making or willing to make concessions;
Loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet
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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