different between pliable vs manageable

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pla??b?l/
• Rhymes: -a??b?l

Adjective

pliable (comparative more pliable, superlative most pliable)

1. Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.

2. Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.

Synonyms

• (soft, flexible): lithy

Derived terms

• pliableness
• pliably

Related terms

• pliability
• pliancy
• pliant
• ply

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

plier +? -able

Adjective

pliable (plural pliables)

1. pliable

Further reading

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

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.