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Resilient vs Malleable - What's the difference?

resilient | malleable |

As adjectives the difference between resilient and malleable

is that resilient is able to endure tribulation without cracking while malleable is able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

resilient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
  • * 1994 , Michael Grumley, The Last Diary :
    • He’s resilient , and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

    Derived terms

    * resilience

    Synonyms

    * bendable * flexible * strong

    Antonyms

    * brittle * fragile

    malleable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
  • (metaphorical ) Flexible, liable to change.
    • My opinion on the subject is malleable .
  • (cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

    • Related terms

    * malleability * malleableness * malleably * malleate

    Coordinate terms

    * ductile

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