different between fecundity vs rigidity

English

Alternative forms

• fœcundity (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin f?cundit?s (“fruitfulness, fertility”), from f?cundus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /f??k?nd?t?/
• Hyphenation: fe?cun?di?ty

Noun

fecundity (usually uncountable, plural fecundities)

1. Ability to produce offspring.
   • 2006, Neil Gaiman, “Neil Gaiman on Terry Pratchett” in: Good Omens, Corgi, p. 410

     In the early days the reviewers compared him to the late Douglas Adams, but then Terry went on to write books as enthusiastically as Douglas avoided writing them, and now, if there is any comparison to be made of anything from the formal rules of a Pratchett novel to the sheer prolific fecundity of the man, it might be to P. G. Wodehouse.

2. Ability to cause growth.
3. Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
4. Rate of production of young by a female.

Synonyms

• (ability to produce offspring): fertileness, fertility

Related terms

• fecund
• fecundation

Translations

Further reading

• fecundity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fecundity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fecundity in the Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, English section, second edition, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Liège, 1982
• fecundity at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

rigid +? -ity, from Latin rigiditas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d???d?ti/

Noun

rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)

1. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
2. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
3. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
4. (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

Synonyms

• rigidness

Antonyms

• flexibility
• ductility
• malleability
• softness

Translations

References

• rigidity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.