Changeable vs Malleable - What's the difference?
changeable | malleable |
Capable of being changed.
Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
(metaphorical ) Flexible, liable to change.
(cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
As adjectives the difference between changeable and malleable
is that changeable is capable of being changed while malleable is malleable (able to be hammered into thin sheets).changeable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The weather is very changeable today; it can be bright sunshine, cloudy, windy and rainy in the same half-hour.
Derived terms
* changeably * changeabilitymalleable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- My opinion on the subject is malleable .