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Rigid vs Rulebound - What's the difference?

rigid | rulebound |

As adjectives the difference between rigid and rulebound

is that rigid is rigid while rulebound is bound by rules; rigidly uncompromising.

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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    rulebound

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Bound by rules; rigidly uncompromising.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 6, author=Virginia Heffernan, title=Hey, Young Writers, That’s Mr. Rolling Stone to You, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Reality television is pretty rulebound , and it works by upsets. }}