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Pliers vs Pliant - What's the difference?

pliers | pliant |

As a noun pliers

is a gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand.

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.

pliers

English

(wikipedia pliers)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • A gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand
    • I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.
  • English plurals

    • Usage notes

    * To make clear the quantity under discussion clearer, the expressions "a pair of pliers" or "(however many) pairs of pliers" can be used. * "A pliers" is somewhat awkward, though accepted in American English.

    Derived terms

    * needlenose pliers

    See also

    * pincers

    Anagrams

    * * * * * * English pluralia tantum

    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

    Anagrams

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