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Pliant vs Bending - What's the difference?

pliant | bending | Related terms |

As an adjective 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.

As a verb bending is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun bending is

a motion or action that bends.

pliant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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
    • "[The king] had a pliant prime minister and a general who was telling him what he wanted to hear."

    Related terms

    * pliantly

    Derived terms

    * pliantness

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    bending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A motion or action that bends.
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