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Mutable vs Malleable - What's the difference?

mutable | malleable |

As adjectives the difference between mutable and malleable

is that mutable is changeable; inclined to mutate while 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.

mutable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Changeable; inclined to mutate.
  • (programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
  • Antonyms

    * immutable

    See also

    * alterable ----

    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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