ductile vs pliable

ductile

adj
  • Led easily; prone to follow. 

  • Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking. 

  • Molded easily into a new form. 

pliable

adj
  • Easily persuaded; yielding to influence. 

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

How often have the words ductile and pliable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )