Pliant vs Nimble - What's the difference?
pliant | nimble | Related terms |
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
(figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
* 2013 , A. J. Langguth, Patriots
Quick and light in movement or action.
Quick-witted and alert.
Pliant is a related term of nimble.
As adjectives the difference between pliant and nimble
is that pliant is capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax while nimble is quick and light in movement or action.pliant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "[The king] had a pliant prime minister and a general who was telling him what he wanted to hear."
Derived terms
* pliantnessAnagrams
* ----nimble
English
Adjective
(er)- He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
- She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.