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Finite vs Rigid - What's the difference?

finite | rigid |

As adjectives the difference between finite and rigid

is that finite is having an end or limit; constrained by bounds while rigid is rigid.

finite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds.
  • (grammar, as opposed to infinite) limited by person or number.
    • The "goes" in "he goes" is a finite form of a verb

    Synonyms

    * limited

    Antonyms

    * infinite, nonfinite, infinitival * unlimited * endless * eternal * everlasting

    Related terms

    * finis * finity * finitude * finitely * finiteness * finite verb * infinite * infiniteness * infinitude * transfinite

    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

    Related terms

    * rigor * rigour

    References

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