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What is the difference between agile and nimble?

agile | nimble |

Nimble is a synonym of agile.



As adjectives the difference between agile and nimble

is that agile is having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue while nimble is quick and light in movement or action.

agile

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
  • * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
    • The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
  • (computing) Of or relating to (Agile software development), a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
    • agile methods

    Synonyms

    * active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

    Derived terms

    * agility ----

    nimble

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Quick and light in movement or action.
    • He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
  • Quick-witted and alert.
    • She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.