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Austere vs Fiendish - What's the difference?

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Austere is a related term of fiendish.


As adjectives the difference between austere and fiendish

is that austere is austere while fiendish is sinister; evil; conniving; in the manner of a fiend.

austere

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Grim or severe in manner or appearance
    • The headmistress was an austere old woman.
  • Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
    • The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

    Synonyms

    * (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding * (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

    Antonyms

    * (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

    Derived terms

    * austerity * austerely

    fiendish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sinister; evil; conniving; in the manner of a fiend.

    • Derived terms

    * fiendishly * fiendishness

    Anagrams

    * finished