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Pliability vs Ductility - What's the difference?

pliability | ductility |

As nouns the difference between pliability and ductility

is that pliability is the quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness while ductility is (physics) ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

pliability

English

Noun

(pliabilities)
  • The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.

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    ductility

    English

    Noun

  • (physics) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

    • See also

    * — Wikipedia