What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Pendulous vs Pensile - What's the difference?

pendulous | pensile | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between pendulous and pensile

is that pendulous is hanging as if from a support while pensile is hanging down, suspended.

pendulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • hanging as if from a support
  • indecisive or hesitant
  • (biology) having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping

    • pensile

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pensill (obsolete )

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hanging down, suspended.
  • * 1658': However the account of the '''Pensill or hanging gardens of ''Babylon'' [...] is of no slender antiquity — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 165)

    • Anagrams

    * ----