austere vs strict

austere and strict both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
austere	No	Yes	No	No
strict	No	Yes	No	No

austere (adjective)	strict (adjective)
practicing great self-denial	characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect	severe and unremitting in making demands
severely simple	rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
	incapable of compromise or flexibility
	(of rules) stringently enforced