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Validity vs Stringency - What's the difference?

validity | stringency |

As nouns the difference between validity and stringency

is that validity is the state of being valid, authentic or genuine while stringency is a rigorous imposition of standards.

validity

English

Noun

(wikipedia validity)
  • The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
  • Having legal force.
  • A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

    • stringency

    English

    Noun

    (stringencies)
  • A rigorous imposition of standards
  • A tightness or constriction
  • A scarcity of money or credit