Dour vs Strict - What's the difference?
dour | strict |
Stern, harsh and forbidding.
Unyielding and obstinate.
Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Tense; not relaxed.
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
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(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Severe in discipline.
As adjectives the difference between dour and strict
is that dour is stern, harsh and forbidding while strict is strained; drawn close; tight.dour
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* forbidding, harsh, severe, stern * (unyielding) obstinate, stubborn, unyielding * (expressing gloom) dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullenDerived terms
* dourly * dournessstrict
English
Adjective
(er)- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- strict fiber
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
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- very strict in observing the Sabbath
- to understand words in a strict sense