Biting vs Strict - What's the difference?
biting | strict | Related terms |
Causing a stinging sensation.
Cutting or incisive.
Tending to bite.
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Tense; not relaxed.
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Severe in discipline.
Biting is a related term of strict.
As adjectives the difference between biting and strict
is that biting is causing a stinging sensation while strict is strained; drawn close; tight.As a verb biting
is .As a noun biting
is the action of the verb to bite .biting
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a biting wind
- a biting criticism
- a biting insect
Derived terms
* bitingly ----strict
English
Adjective
(er)- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- strict fiber
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
citation, passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
- very strict in observing the Sabbath
- to understand words in a strict sense
