Rigid vs Methodical - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between rigid and methodical

is that rigid is rigid while methodical is in an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

(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.

* unbending, inflexible

* flexible * moving * compromising

* rigidity * rigidly * rigidness

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(en adjective)

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation.

the methodical''' arrangement of arguments; a '''methodical treatise

* Addison

Methodical regularity.

* systematic