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Rigidity vs Frigidity - What's the difference?

rigidity | frigidity |

As nouns the difference between rigidity and frigidity

is that rigidity is the quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form while frigidity is the state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.

rigidity

English

Noun

  • The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
  • Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
  • In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

    • Synonyms

    * rigidness

    Antonyms

    * flexibility * ductility * malleability * softness

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    frigidity

    English

    Noun

  • The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
  • Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity; chilliness; dullness.
  • Want of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.

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