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Rigor vs Accuracy - What's the difference?

rigor | accuracy |

As nouns the difference between rigor and accuracy

is that rigor is while accuracy is the state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness.

rigor

English

Noun

  • (slang) an abbreviated form of rigor mortis.
  • * 2005 , Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade , page 4, paragraph 3
  • Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse.
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    accuracy

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (accuracies)
  • The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness
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  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy? ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
  • Synonyms

    * correctness * truthfulness

    Antonyms

    * inaccuracy

    See also

    * precision * integrity * exactness * fidelity