tough vs stringy

tough is a noun but stringy is not a noun.

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

tough (noun)	stringy (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

tough (adjective)	stringy (adjective)
resistant to cutting or chewing	consisting of or containing string or strings
physically toughened	forming viscous or glutinous threads
not given to gentleness or sentimentality	lean and sinewy
unfortunate or hard to bear	(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
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