different between manageable vs ductile

English

Etymology

From manage +? -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæn?d???bl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæn?d???b(?)l/
• Hyphenation: man?age?a?ble

Adjective

manageable (comparative more manageable, superlative most manageable)

1. Capable of being managed or controlled.

   Synonyms: controllable, governable, (obsolete) maniable, tractable, subservient

   Antonyms: intractable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable

2. Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.

   Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, feasible, fulfillable

   Antonyms: unaccomplishable, unachievable, undoable, unfeasible, unfulfillable, unmanageable

Derived terms

• manageableness
• unmanageable

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• manageable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• manageable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin ductilis (“easily led”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d?k.ta?l/

Adjective

ductile (comparative more ductile, superlative most ductile)

1. Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
2. Molded easily into a new form.
3. (rare) Led easily; prone to follow.

Synonyms

• (molded easily): flexible, plastic, pliant; see also Thesaurus:moldable
• (led easily): tractable

Antonyms

• (capable of being pulled into thin wire): brittle

Coordinate terms

• malleable

Related terms

• duct
• ductility

Translations

See also

• elastic

Anagrams

• dulcite

French

Etymology

From Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyk.til/

Adjective

ductile (plural ductiles)

1. ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).

Further reading

• “ductile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dulcite

Latin

Adjective

ductile

1. nominative neuter singular of ductilis
2. accusative neuter singular of ductilis
3. vocative neuter singular of ductilis

References

• ductile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)