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Flexibility vs Bendy - What's the difference?

flexibility | bendy |

As nouns the difference between flexibility and bendy

is that flexibility is the quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability while bendy is (heraldry) a field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

As an adjective bendy is

having the ability to be bent easily.

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

    bendy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having the ability to be bent easily.
    • Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.
  • (informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily.
    • {{quote-web
    , date=20100901 , year= , first= , last= , author=Jackie K. Cooper , authorlink= , title=Ashley Bell: The Last Exorcism' Introduces the "Bendy" Girl , site=Huffington Post citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-05-09 , passage=When I was in the scene in the barn he encouraged me to do as many contortions as I could, and he seemed to like the fact I was so 'bendy'.' … After all how many young actresses in Hollywood are "' bendy "? }}
  • Containing many bends and twists.
    • a bendy road
  • Of a vehicle, articulated.
    • {{quote-web
    , date=20090131 , year= , first= , last= , author=Deal Book , authorlink= , title=Defining Good or Bad Design , site=NYT citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-05-09 , passage=“The bendy bus is very easy to get on to and can carry twice as many passengers and more people can sit down,” Ms. Cottam said. }}
  • (heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour

    • Synonyms

    * (having the ability to be bent easily ): flexible, pliable, supple * (of a person''): flexible, limber, lissom ''or lissome, lithe, supple * (having many bends and twists ): sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisty, winding, windy * (articulated ): articulated, jointed

    Derived terms

    * bendiness

    Noun

    (bendies)
  • (heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

    • References

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