strict vs austere

strict and austere both are adjectives.

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

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