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Flexible vs Timeless - What's the difference?

flexible | timeless |

As adjectives the difference between flexible and timeless

is that flexible is capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle while timeless is eternal.

As a noun flexible

is (chiefly|engineering|and|manufacturing) something that is flexible.

flexible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.
    • When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -
  • Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
    • Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. - .
    Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible . -
  • Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
    • This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.

    Synonyms

    * bendsome * ductile * inconstant * manageable * obsequious * pliant * pliable * supple * tractable * wavering

    Derived terms

    * flexibly * flexibleness

    Related terms

    * flexibility * inflexible

    See also

    * foldable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, engineering, and, manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
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    References

    * * (flexible) * (flexibility) ----

    timeless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Eternal.
  • * (rfdate) Young
    • Timeless night and chaos.
  • Not affected by time; ageless.
  • (obsolete) Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
  • * (rfdate) Alexander Pope
    • Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast / Timeless , indecent.
  • * (rfdate) Shakespeare
    • Must I behold thy timeless , cruel death?
  • Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.
    • The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.

    Synonyms

    * (eternal) eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, never-ending, sempiternal * (not affected by time) ageless

    Antonyms

    * (eternal) finite, limited * (not affected by time) aged, old

    Derived terms

    * timeless existence * timelessly * timeless moment * timelessness * timeless Test * untimeless

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