Suppleness vs Weakness - What's the difference?
suppleness | weakness |
The quality of being supple; litheness.
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(uncountable) The condition of being weak.
(countable) An inadequate quality; fault
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As nouns the difference between suppleness and weakness
is that suppleness is the quality of being supple; litheness while weakness is (uncountable) the condition of being weak.suppleness
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(flexibility) (-)Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness : one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
weakness
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Noun
citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness , mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4), passage=Bradford had preyed on Villa's inability to defend set pieces, corners in particular, in their first-leg win and took advantage of the weakness again as Hanson equalised to restore their two-goal aggregate lead.}}