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Deflect vs Deflectable - What's the difference?

deflect | deflectable |

As a verb deflect

is to make (something) deviate from its original path.

As an adjective deflectable is

capable of being deflected.

deflect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make (something) deviate from its original path.
  • To deviate from its original path.
  • (figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
    • The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
  • (figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
  • * 2013 , Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/02/argentina-britain-hand-back-falklands]
    • Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

    deflectable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being deflected.
    • (Webster 1913)