different between stricture vs stringent

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

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Translations

Latin

Participle

strict?re

1. vocative masculine singular of strict?rus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin string?ns, stringentem, from string?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??nd??nt/

Adjective

stringent (comparative more stringent, superlative most stringent)

1. Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe

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Translations

Anagrams

• string-net

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin string?ns, stringentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??????nt/, /st??????nt/

Adjective

stringent (comparative stringenter, superlative am stringentesten)

1. stringent
2. coherent (of an argument)

   Synonyms: einleuchtend, schlüssig, überzeugend

Further reading

• “stringent” in Duden online
• “stringent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

stringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of string?