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Rightening vs Tightening - What's the difference?

rightening | tightening |

As verbs the difference between rightening and tightening

is that rightening is while tightening is .

As a noun tightening is

the act or process of making more tight.

rightening

English

Verb

(head)

    • tightening

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of making more tight.
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    • , passage=There are lingering feelings among some board members, especially in the developing world, that the fund joined with the United States and other wealthy countries in demanding overly austere budget cuts and other fiscal tightenings for the countries that were bailed out in the previous decade. }}