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Stiffness vs Severity - What's the difference?

stiffness | severity | Related terms |

Stiffness is a related term of severity.


As nouns the difference between stiffness and severity

is that stiffness is rigidity or a measure of rigidity while severity is the state of being severe.

stiffness

English

Noun

  • Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
  • Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
  • Inelegance, lacking relaxedness.
  • * 1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations
    • Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness , the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

    severity

    English

    Noun

    (severities)
  • The state of being severe.
  • The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.
    • The severity of the offence merits a long prison sentence.