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Strictness vs Toughness - What's the difference?

strictness | toughness |

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between strictness and toughness

is that strictness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being strict while toughness is (uncountable) the state of being tough.

As nouns the difference between strictness and toughness

is that strictness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being strict while toughness is (uncountable) the state of being tough.

strictness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being strict.
  • :Discipline calls for a certain strictness .
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , I lost all restraint, and yielding to the force of the emotion, gave down, as mere woman, those effusions of pleasure, which, in the strictness of still faithful love, I could have wished to have held up.}}
  • (countable) The result or product of being strict.

    • toughness

    English

    (wikipedia toughness)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (uncountable) The state of being tough
  • (physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed
  • A formidable difficulty

    • Derived terms

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