Balanced vs Flexible - What's the difference?
balanced | flexible |
(balance)
Containing elements in appropriate proportion.
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.
Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
(chiefly, engineering, and, manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
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As adjectives the difference between balanced and flexible
is that balanced is containing elements in appropriate proportion while flexible is capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.As a verb balanced
is (balance).As a noun flexible is
(chiefly|engineering|and|manufacturing) something that is flexible.balanced
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- He believed he rarely got sick because of his balanced diet.
Derived terms
* balanced dietflexible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -
- Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. - .
- Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible . -
- This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.
Synonyms
* bendsome * ductile * inconstant * manageable * obsequious * pliant * pliable * supple * tractable * waveringDerived terms
* flexibly * flexiblenessSee also
* foldableNoun
(en noun)citation