Difference between Inflexible and Rigid

INFLEXIBLE vs RIGID: ADJECTIVE

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.
Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.
Resistant to being bent
Refusing to change one's attitude, purpose, or principles; immovable.
Incapable of being changed; unalterable.
Not easily bent; stiff or rigid. : stiff.
Not making concessions
Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
Extended meanings; incapable of change
Incapable of change
Literal meanings

Uncompromising.
Rigorous and unbending.
Fixed, rather than moving.
Stiff, rather than flexible.
Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict
Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
Being an airship with a external frame made of rigid parts.
Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
Not changing or adjusting to different conditions or problems.
Not moving or flexing.
Not flexible or pliant; stiff: : stiff.
Fixed and unmoving
Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
Incapable of or resistant to bending
Incapable of compromise or flexibility
Scrupulously or severely maintained or performed; rigorous or harsh.

Not to be changed or altered; unalterable; not permitting variation.
Unyielding in temper or purpose; that will not yield to prayers or arguments; firm in purpose; incapable of being turned; not to be prevailed on.
Not flexible; incapable of bending or of being bent; rigid: as, an inflexible rod.
Synonyms Rigid, stiff.
Inexorable, inflexible, resolute, steadfast, unbending, unyielding, immovable, unrelenting; obstinate, stubborn, dogged.

Stiff; not pliant or easily bent; not plastic or easily molded; resisting any change of form when acted upon by force; hard.
Not easily driven back or thrust out of place; unyielding; firm.
Not easily wrought upon or affected; inflexible; hence, harsh; severe; rigorous; rigorously framed or executed: as, a rigid sentence; rigid criticism.
Strict in opinion, conduct, discipline, or observance; uncompromising; scrupulously exact or exacting: as, a rigid disciplinarian; a rigid Calvinist.
Stiff in outline or aspect; harsh; hard; rugged; without smoothness, softness, or delicacy of appearance.
In dynamics: Absolutely incapable of being strained.
Resisting stresses.
Synonyms and Severe, Rigorous, etc. (see austere), inflexible, unbending, unyielding.
Sharp; severe; bitter; cruel.

Fossilized, Flinty, Stiffened, Adamant, Inexorable, Ironclad, Adamantine, Stiff, Uncompromising, Unadaptable, Unyielding, Ossified, Unbending, Intransigent, Rigid

Ossified, Flexible, Dogmatic, Restrictive, Semirigid, Set, Fixed, Nonmoving, Unmoving, Unadaptable, Intolerant, Stiff, Unbending, Strict, Inflexible

Fossilized, Flinty, Stiffened, Adamant, Inexorable, Ironclad, Adamantine, Stiff, Uncompromising, Unadaptable, Unyielding, Ossified, Unbending, Intransigent, Rigid

Ossified, Flexible, Dogmatic, Restrictive, Semirigid, Set, Fixed, Nonmoving, Unmoving, Unadaptable, Intolerant, Stiff, Unbending, Strict, Inflexible

For Verizon to be so inflexible is horrible!
In trust planning, irrevocable no longer means inflexible.
We called Regents and the staff was inflexible.
An inflexible, categorical rule neglects these additional considerations.
Offers fall apart when both sides are inflexible.
Long cable is inflexible and gets kinked easily.
Development and validation of the inflexible eating questionnaire.
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For example, a family which is rigidly inflexible toward relationship roles would be expected to be rigidly inflexible in the disciplining of children.
Inflexible parents, inflexible kids: A sixyear longitudinal study of parenting style and the development of psychological flexibity in adolescence.

Rigid braces provide more support and feel rigid, while compression sleeves allow for more movement but less support.
RIGID OBJECTS IN EQUILIBRIUM A rigid body is in equilibrium if it has zero translational Ex.
For vessels without a deck, the whole vessel, excluding areas within a rigid cabin, rigid halfcabin or a securely enclosed space.
Usually used a trailer loaded weight a rigid terms listed a rigid maximum cargo gate valve container.
To animate rigid body motion, you use fields, keys, expressions, rigid body constraints, or collisions with particles.
Monte Carlo method is applied to sample the binding of rigid fragments to a rigid protein.
QUESTIONING STRATEGIESIs a transformation from a sequence of rigid motions always rigid?
Very Rigid: Some scholars feel that the Constitution of India is very rigid.
Rigid flex printed circuit boards use a combination of flexible and rigid board technologies in an application.
The Light Rigid, Medium Rigid Trucks are synchromesh gearboxes similar to driving a manual car.