Difference between Rigorous and Stringent

RIGOROUS vs STRINGENT: ADJECTIVE

Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
Used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering
Characterized by or adhering to strict standards or methods; exacting and thorough.
Harsh, severe, or demanding.
Very unpleasant or inclement.
Adhering strictly to a belief or ideology; uncompromising or inflexible.
Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless
Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
Violent.
Adhering scrupulously and exactly to accepted principles; hence, logically valid.
Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
Severe; intense; inclement.

Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe.
Constricted; tight.
Characterized by scarcity of money, credit restrictions, or other financial strain.
Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe.

Rigidly accurate
Acting with rigor; strict in performance or requirement.
Marked by inflexibility or severity; stringent; exacting; hence, unmitigated; merciless.
Exact; strict; precise; scrupulously accurate: as, a rigorous definition or demonstration.
Hard; inclement; bitter; severe: as, a rigorous winter.
Synonyms and Severe, Rigid, etc. (see austere), inflexible, unbending, unyielding.

Strict; close; rigorous; rigid; exacting; urgent: as, to make stringent regulations.
Straitened; tight; constrained; hampered by scarcity or lack of available funds: as, a stringent money-market.
Tightening or binding; drawing tight.

Meticulous, Exacting, Intensive, Rigor, Thorough, Unkind, Exact, Demanding, Cruel, Tight, Hard, Harsh, Brutal, Strict, Stringent

Prescriptive, Stringency, Mandatory, Rigid, Lax, Exacting, Lenient, Draconian, Onerous, Restrictive, Strict, Stricter, Demanding, Tight, Rigorous

Meticulous, Exacting, Intensive, Rigor, Thorough, Unkind, Exact, Demanding, Cruel, Tight, Hard, Harsh, Brutal, Strict, Stringent

Scrupulous, Prescriptive, Mandatory, Rigid, Lax, Exacting, Lenient, Draconian, Onerous, Restrictive, Strict, Stricter, Demanding, Tight, Rigorous

Promotes a rigorous academic curriculum for every student.
These economical seals go through rigorous quality assure.
NSF GMP Certified, rigorous compliance and quality control.
His students were given a rigorous practice schedule.
Christian service, through rigorous, relevant, and relational experiences.
The more rigorous techniques are gradually introduced later.
We apply rigorous standards to prospective domestic franchisees.
Academic rigor Some of the classes were not rigorous enough while some were very rigorous.
You always want to be rigorous about the conditions of approval, but especially rigorous when you have no property tax coming in.
Setting rigorous butrealistic growth targetsnowing how to set rigorous yet realistic growth targets may be a challenge or teachers.

This makes it a more stringent Hipot test.
The Common Criteria configuration enforces stringent security processes.
Stinson would be open to more stringent measures.
Digiscribe meets the stringent requirements for their accreditation.
Individual state laws may impose more stringent obligations.
Programs may have policy that is more stringent than the University baseline policy; however, not less stringent than the University baseline policy.
Check with other states regarding reciprocity; most give reciprocity for another state license as stringent or more stringent than that state.
After AANZFTA, Nonetheless the choice test may be quite stringent if both the options are quite stringent.
If more stringent requirements concerning noise abatement are contained in other rules, regulations, ordinances or laws, the more stringent rule shall apply.
PM standards for diesel cars and light trucks were either too stringent or not stringent enough.