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Aloof vs Rigid - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between aloof and rigid

is that aloof is reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish while rigid is stiff, rather than flexible.

As an adverb aloof

is at or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.

As a preposition aloof

is away from; clear of.

aloof

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
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  • Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
  • See also

    * See also

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (obsolete) away from; clear of
  • * Milton
  • Rivetus would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.
    (Webster 1913)

    rigid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Stiff, rather than flexible.
  • Fixed, rather than moving.
  • * 2011 ,David Foster Wallace, The Pale King ,Penguin Books, page 5:
  • A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.
  • Rigorous and unbending.
  • Uncompromising.
  • Synonyms

    * unbending, inflexible

    Antonyms

    * flexible * moving * compromising

    Derived terms

    * rigidity * rigidly * rigidness

    References

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