Strid vs Staid - What's the difference?
strid | staid |
(UK, dialect, dated) A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
Serious, organized, and professional; sober
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*:He wondered what had become of the boys who were his companions: they were nearly thirty now; some would be dead, but others were married and had children; they were soldiers and parsons, doctors, lawyers; they were staid men who were beginning to put youth behind them.
Always fixed in the same location; stationary
As a noun strid
is a narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.As an adjective staid is
serious, organized, and professional; sober.strid
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Howitt)
- (Wordsworth)