Jagged vs Strident - What's the difference?
jagged | strident |
Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
Having a rough quality.
(computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
Grating or obnoxious
(nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
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(linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
As adjectives the difference between jagged and strident
is that jagged is unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut while strident is loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.As a verb jagged
is (jag).As a noun strident is
(linguistics) one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.jagged
English
Adjective
(er)strident
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
- The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
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