stringy vs tough

stringy is not a noun while tough is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stringy	No	Yes	No	No
tough	Yes	Yes	No	No

stringy (noun)	tough (noun)
	an aggressive and violent young criminal
	a cruel and brutal fellow
	someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

stringy (adjective)	tough (adjective)
consisting of or containing string or strings	resistant to cutting or chewing
forming viscous or glutinous threads	physically toughened
lean and sinewy	not given to gentleness or sentimentality
(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew	unfortunate or hard to bear
	substantially made or constructed
	feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
	violent and lawless
	very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
	making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe