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Rigor vs Sternness - What's the difference?

rigor | sternness | Synonyms |

Rigor is a synonym of sternness.


As nouns the difference between rigor and sternness

is that rigor is while sternness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being stern.

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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    sternness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being stern.
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
    • There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.
  • (countable) The result or product of being stern.