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Malleable vs Elasticity - What's the difference?

malleable | elasticity |

As an adjective malleable

is able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

As a noun elasticity is

the property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded.

malleable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
    • My opinion on the subject is malleable .
  • (cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

    • Related terms

    * malleability * malleableness * malleably * malleate

    Coordinate terms

    * ductile

    References

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    elasticity

    English

    Noun

  • (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
  • (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
    • If the sales of an item drop by 5 % when the price increases by 10 %, its price elasticity is -0.5.
  • The quality of being elastic.
  • Adaptability.

    • Derived terms

    * inelasticity