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Conductive vs Malleable - What's the difference?

conductive | malleable |

As adjectives the difference between conductive and malleable

is that conductive is able to conduct electrical current or heat while malleable is malleable (able to be hammered into thin sheets).

conductive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to conduct electrical current or heat
  • Distilled water is not electrically conductive .
  • of, or relating to conductivity of a material
  • Synonyms

    * conductant

    Antonyms

    * nonconductive

    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
  • Coordinate terms

    * ductile

    References

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