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Malleable vs Workable - What's the difference?

malleable | workable |

As adjectives the difference between malleable and workable

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 workable is capable of functioning.

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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    workable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of functioning.
    • They came up with a workable solution, until they could think of something better.
  • Able to be worked or fashioned