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Malleable vs Adjustable - What's the difference?

malleable | adjustable |

As adjectives the difference between malleable and adjustable

is that malleable is malleable (able to be hammered into thin sheets) while adjustable is capable of being adjusted.

malleable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
  • (metaphorical ) Flexible, liable to change.
    • My opinion on the subject is malleable .
  • (cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

    • Related terms

    * malleability * malleableness * malleably * malleate

    Coordinate terms

    * ductile

    References

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    adjustable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • capable of being adjusted