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Flexibility vs Elasticity - What's the difference?

flexibility | elasticity |

As nouns the difference between flexibility and elasticity

is that flexibility is the quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability while elasticity is the property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded.

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

    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