malleable vs pliant

malleable and pliant both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malleable	No	Yes	No	No
pliant	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, malleable and pliant are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of malleable include ductile, pliable, tensile, tractile.

malleable (adjective)	pliant (adjective)
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out	able to adjust readily to different conditions
easily influenced	capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
	capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
	capable of being influenced or formed