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Pliable vs Liable - What's the difference?

pliable | liable |

As adjectives the difference between pliable and liable

is that pliable is soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded while liable is bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

pliable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded
    • You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays fairly moist.

    Synonyms

    * lithy

    Derived terms

    * pliableness * pliably

    Related terms

    * pliability * pliancy * pliant * ply

    External links

    * * * English words suffixed with -able ----

    liable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
    • The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience
  • Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.
  • Likely.
    • Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

    Related terms

    * liability * reliable

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