different between stricture vs strict

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin strict?ra, from Latin strictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??kt???(?)/
• enPR: str?k'ch?r
• Rhymes: -?kt??(r)

Noun

stricture (countable and uncountable, plural strictures)

1. (usually in the plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action

2. a general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology

   I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.

3. a sternly critical remark or review
4. (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
5. (obsolete) strictness
6. (obsolete) a stroke; a glance; a touch
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     But whatever may be said of other matters , certainly the first draughts and strictures of Natural Religion and Morality are naturally in the Mind

7. (linguistics) the degree of contact, in consonants

Related terms

Translations

Latin

Participle

strict?re

1. vocative masculine singular of strict?rus

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