Modifiable vs Malleable - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between modifiable and malleable

is that modifiable is capable of being modified; subject to modification while malleable is malleable (able to be hammered into thin sheets).

(en adjective)

Capable of being modified; subject to modification.

* (subject to modification) changeable, mutable

* (subject to modification) unmodifiable ----

(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

* ductile