Difference between Inflexible and Rigidity

INFLEXIBLE vs RIGIDITY: NOUN

The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
The quality or state of being rigid.
An instance of being rigid.
The quality of being rigid; stiffness; inflexibility; absence of pliancy; specifically, in mech., resistance to change of form.
Strictness; severity; harshness: as, rigidity of principles or of censure.
Synonyms Inflexibility. See austere, rigor.
The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.
Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
Severity; rigor.
In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

Extended meanings; incapable of change
Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
Not making concessions
Not easily bent; stiff or rigid. : stiff.
Incapable of being changed; unalterable.
Refusing to change one's attitude, purpose, or principles; immovable.
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.
Literal meanings
Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.
Incapable of change
Resistant to being bent
Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.

Not flexible; incapable of bending or of being bent; rigid: as, an inflexible rod.
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 to be changed or altered; unalterable; not permitting variation.
Synonyms Rigid, stiff.
Inexorable, inflexible, resolute, steadfast, unbending, unyielding, immovable, unrelenting; obstinate, stubborn, dogged.

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

Intransigence, Stickiness, Toughness, Stubbornness, Stringency, Inflexible, Roughness, Ossification, Strictness, Flexibility, Rigor, Immobility, Stiffness, Rigidness, Inflexibility

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

Stillness, Tightness, Rigour, Thoroughness, Stagnation, Intransigence, Stickiness, Toughness, Stubbornness, Inflexible, Roughness, Ossification, Rigor, Immobility, Stiffness

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.
Identified by Dialogue Partners: The dialogue partners reported that inflexible federal workplace policies create the following issues for womenwho have caregiving responsibilities: Inflexible workpla
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.