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protean | amendable |

As adjectives the difference between protean and amendable

is that protean is exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms while amendable is capable of being amended.

protean

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
    • An amoeba is a protean animalcule.
    His plots and protean characters plunge readers into the world of fable, yet their universal appeal, as this biography shows, is deeply rooted in the particularity of Garcia Marquez’s own idiosyncratic early life...
  • * :
    • He loved to show off his protean talent.
  • Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.

    • See also

    * Protea * shapeshifting

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    * * * English eponyms English words suffixed with -an

    amendable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being amended.