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Monolithic vs Rigid - What's the difference?

monolithic | rigid |

As adjectives the difference between monolithic and rigid

is that monolithic is of or resembling a monolith while rigid is stiff, rather than flexible.

monolithic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or resembling a monolith.
  • Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.
  • (computing, said of an operating system's kernel) consisting of a single program using a single memory-addressing space

    • Antonyms

    * (computing) modular

    Derived terms

    * (monolithic kernel)

    Related terms

    * monolith noun

    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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