different between pious vs strict

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?us (“pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“pure”). Cognate with Old English f?le (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”). More at feal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pa??s/

• Rhymes: -a??s

Adjective

pious (comparative more pious, superlative most pious)

1. Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used pejoratively, in the sense of "mistaken" or "false" piety, as in "pious errors", "pious frauds".

Synonyms

• reverent, reverential, dutiful, religious, devout, godly

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to piety): impious, independent, profane

Derived terms

• piously
• piousness
• pi

Related terms

• piety

Translations

Anagrams

• pouis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

strict (comparative stricter, superlative strictest)

1. Strained; drawn close; tight.

2. Tense; not relaxed.

3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.

4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.

5. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

6. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
7. Severe in discipline.

   Antonyms: lenient, lax, permissive

8. (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.

Usage notes

• Stricter and strictest are the grammatically correct forms for the comparative and superlative though outside UK more strict and most strict are more often used.

Derived terms

• stricten
• strictly
• strictness

Related terms

• stricture
• stringent
• strain

Translations

Further reading

• strict in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• strict in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, perfect participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of étroit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?ikt/

Adjective

strict (feminine singular stricte, masculine plural stricts, feminine plural strictes)

1. strict

Derived terms

• strictement

Further reading

• “strict” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French strict, from Latin strictus.

Adjective

strict m or n (feminine singular strict?, masculine plural stric?i, feminine and neuter plural stricte)

1. strict

Declension