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rigour vs sternness

sternness vs rigour

rigour and sternness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rigour Yes No No No
sternness Yes No No No
As nouns, sternness is a hyponym of rigour; that is, sternness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rigour:
  • rigour: something hard to endure
  • sternness: the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
As nouns, sternness is a hypernym of rigour; that is, sternness is a word with a broader meaning than rigour:
  • rigour: excessive sternness
  • sternness: uncompromising resolution
Other hypernyms of rigour include strictness.
rigour (noun) sternness (noun)
something hard to endure uncompromising resolution
the quality of being valid and rigorous the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
excessive sternness
Difference between rigour and sternness

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