different between flexibility vs embrittlement

English

From French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilit?s, from Latin flect? (“I bend, curve”). Equivalent to flexible +? -ity.

flexibility (countable and uncountable, plural flexibilities)

The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
The quality of having options.
I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.

embrittle +? -ment

embrittlement (countable and uncountable, plural embrittlements)

The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material.
- 1964, Metal Mining & Processing, volume 1, page 32:
  Even if no weakening effects were noticed after one or two overheatings, the cumulative heat effects would cause embrittlement and failure after subsequent overheatings.

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