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Stagnation vs Rigid - What's the difference?

stagnation | rigid |

As a noun stagnation

is inactivity.

As an adjective rigid is

stiff, rather than flexible.

stagnation

English

Noun

  • inactivity
    • The general concern about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system.
  • being stagnant; being without circulation
    • Factors known to encourage the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include the stagnation of the water.

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    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

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