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Rigid vs Rigged - What's the difference?

rigid | rigged |

As adjectives the difference between rigid and rigged

is that rigid is stiff, rather than flexible while rigged is (for a trial, election, or competition) pre-arranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.

As a verb rigged is

past tense of rig.

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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    rigged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (for a trial, election, or competition ) pre-arranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance
    • There was a vicious rumour that the final was rigged , as the defense seemed useless.
  • (nautical) Having the rigging up
    • We were ready to embark upon our journey now the vessel was rigged .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rig)

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