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Malleable vs Sculptural - What's the difference?

malleable | sculptural |

As adjectives the difference between malleable and sculptural

is that malleable is able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers while sculptural is of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of sculpture.

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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    sculptural

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of sculpture.
    • His sculptural work never gained the aclaim his paintings did.