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Bendable vs Ductile - What's the difference?

bendable | ductile |

As adjectives the difference between bendable and ductile

is that bendable is able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking while ductile is capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.

bendable

English

(wikipedia bendable)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.

    • Synonyms

    * flexible * pliable * pliant

    Related terms

    * bendability

    External links

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    ductile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
  • Molded easily into a new form.
  • (rare) Led easily; prone to follow.

    • Synonyms

    * (molded easily) flexible, plastic, pliant; see also * (led easily) tractable

    Antonyms

    * (capable of being pulled into thin wire) brittle

    Coordinate terms

    * malleable

    Related terms

    * duct * ductility

    See also

    * elastic ----