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Springy vs Yielding - What's the difference?

springy | yielding |

As adjectives the difference between springy and yielding

is that springy is that returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc while yielding is docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

As a verb yielding is

.

As a noun yielding is

a concession.

springy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.
  • The soft peat was springy under her feet.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , We had now reach'd the closest point of union; but when he backened to come on the fiercer, as if I had been actuated by a fear of losing him, in the height of my fury I twisted my legs round his naked loins, the flesh of which, so firm, so springy to the touch, quiver'd again under the pressure}}

    Synonyms

    * bouncy * elastic * resilient

    Antonyms

    * unspringy

    Derived terms

    * springily * springiness * unspringy

    Anagrams

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    yielding

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A concession.
  • Derived terms

    * overyielding