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Stiff vs External - What's the difference?

stiff | external | Related terms |

Stiff is a related term of external.


As adjectives the difference between stiff and external

is that stiff is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible while external is outside of something; on the exterior.

As a noun stiff

is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff .

As a verb stiff

is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

Coldblooded vs Stiff - What's the difference?

coldblooded | stiff | Synonyms |

Coldblooded is a synonym of stiff.


As adjectives the difference between coldblooded and stiff

is that coldblooded is while stiff is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

As a noun stiff is

an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff .

As a verb stiff is

to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

Stiff vs Rigorous - What's the difference?

stiff | rigorous | Synonyms |

Stiff is a synonym of rigorous.


As adjectives the difference between stiff and rigorous

is that stiff is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible while rigorous is manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigour; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.

As a noun stiff

is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff .

As a verb stiff

is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

Stiff vs Nervous - What's the difference?

stiff | nervous |


As adjectives the difference between stiff and nervous

is that stiff is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible while nervous is (obscure) of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.

As a noun stiff

is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff .

As a verb stiff

is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

Stiff vs Brace - What's the difference?

stiff | brace |


As nouns the difference between stiff and brace

is that stiff is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff while brace is (obsolete) armor for the arm; vambrace.

As verbs the difference between stiff and brace

is that stiff is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily while brace is (intransitive) to prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow.

As an adjective stiff

is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

Stiff vs Strained - What's the difference?

stiff | strained | Related terms |

Stiff is a related term of strained.


As adjectives the difference between stiff and strained

is that stiff is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible while strained is forced through a strainer.

As verbs the difference between stiff and strained

is that stiff is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily while strained is (strain).

As a noun stiff

is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff .

Stiff vs Diff - What's the difference?

stiff | diff |


In slang|lang=en terms the difference between stiff and diff

is that stiff is (slang) a cadaver, a dead person while diff is (slang).

As nouns the difference between stiff and diff

is that stiff is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff while diff is (slang).

As verbs the difference between stiff and diff

is that stiff is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily while diff is (computing) to run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.

As an adjective stiff

is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

As a proper noun diff is

(computing) a program, historically part of the unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.

Stiff vs Intense - What's the difference?

stiff | intense |


As adjectives the difference between stiff and intense

is that stiff is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible while intense is strained; tightly drawn.

As a noun stiff

is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff .

As a verb stiff

is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

Stiff vs Uncontrolled - What's the difference?

stiff | uncontrolled |


As adjectives the difference between stiff and uncontrolled

is that stiff is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible while uncontrolled is not controlled.

As a noun stiff

is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.

As a verb stiff

is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

Stiff vs Resilient - What's the difference?

stiff | resilient |


As verbs the difference between stiff and resilient

is that stiff is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily while resilient is .

As an adjective stiff

is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

As a noun stiff

is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff .

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