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Flex vs Brachioradialis - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between flex and brachioradialis

is that flex is (uncountable) flexibility, pliancy while brachioradialis is (anatomy) a muscle that flexes the forearm at the elbow.

As a verb flex

is to bend something.

flex

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
  • (countable) The act of flexing.
  • (uncountable, chiefly, British) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
  • (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To bend something.
  • To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
  • To move part of the body using one's muscles.
  • (bodybuilding) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
  • * 1994 , Elise Title, Body Heat? , page 189
    • He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"

    Related terms

    * flexibility * flexible * flexing * flexion

    brachioradialis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia brachioradialis)
  • (anatomy) A muscle that flexes the forearm at the elbow.