different between rigorous vs spartan

English

Alternative forms

• rigourous (non?standard)

Etymology

From Old French, from Late Latin rigorosus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???????s/
• Rhymes: -?????s

Adjective

rigorous (comparative more rigorous, superlative most rigorous)

1. Showing, causing, or favoring rigour; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.

   a rigorous officer of justice

   a rigorous execution of law

   a rigorous inspection
2. Severe; intense.

   a rigorous winter.

Synonyms

• (showing, causing or favoring rigor): painstaking, scrupulous; see also Thesaurus:meticulous
• (severe; intense): harsh, strict; see also Thesaurus:stern

Antonyms

• (severe; intense): arbitrary, capricious, whimsical

Derived terms

• nonrigorous
• overrigorous
• rigorously
• rigorousness
• unrigorous

Related terms

• rigid
• rigour

Translations

Further reading

• rigorous at OneLook Dictionary Search
• rigorous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

By analogy with the ancient Spartans, who famously possessed these qualities.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp??(?)t?n/

Adjective

spartan (comparative more spartan, superlative most spartan)

1. Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
2. Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.

3. Lacking in decoration and luxury.

Translations

Anagrams

• partans, tarpans, trapans

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

spartan m (definite singular spartanen, indefinite plural spartanar, definite plural spartanane)

1. form removed by a 2016 spelling decision; superseded by spartanar

Swedish

Noun

spartan c

Etymology

From Latin spartanus, equivalent to Sparta +? -an

1. Spartan, inhabitant of the ancient Greek town of Sparta

Declension