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Flexibility vs Adaptable - What's the difference?

flexibility | adaptable |

As a noun flexibility

is the quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.

As an adjective adaptable is

capable of adapting or of being adapted.

flexibility

English

(wikipedia flexibility)

Noun

  • The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
  • The quality of having options. "I have some flexibility."

    • Related terms

    * flex * labour market flexibility * low temperature flexibility

    adaptable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
  • * {{quote-book, author=Sabine Baring-Gould, title=, year=1901
    • , passage=Joan was adaptable , and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.}}

    Related terms

    * adapt * adaptability * adaptableness * adaptably * adaptation * adaptational * adaptative * adaptatively * adaptativeness * adaptedness * adapter * adaption * adaptional * adaptitude * adaptive * adaptively * adaptiveness * adaptly * adaptness * adaptorial

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