Difference between Severe and Serious

SEVERE vs SERIOUS: ADJECTIVE

Extremely difficult to perform or endure; trying.
Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.
Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous.
Very dangerous or harmful; grave or grievous.
Causing great discomfort, damage, or distress.
Extremely plain in substance or style.
Very bad or intense.
Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles.
Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others.
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Very strong or vigorous
Severely simple
Very bad in degree or extent
Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance.
Unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
Strict or harsh.

Important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play; needing great attention; critical.
Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn.
Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger.
Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
Not easily answered or solved.
Being of such import as to cause anxiety.
Of considerable size or scope; substantial.
Not joking or trifling.
Concerned with important rather than trivial matters.
Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
Intended for sophisticated people.
Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern.
Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave.
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Completely lacking in playfulness
Appealing to the mind
Requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
Of great consequence
Deeply interested or involved.

Serious or earnest in feeling, manner, or appearance; without levity; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
Very strict in judgment, discipline, or ac tion; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; harsh; rigid; merciless: as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
Strictly regulated by rule or principle; exactly conforming to a standard; rigidly methodical; hence, in lit., art, etc., avoiding, or not exhibiting or permitting, unnecessary or florid ornament, amplification, or the like; restrained; not luxuriant; always keeping measure; pure in line and form; chaste in conception; subordinated to a high ideal: as, a severe style of writing; the severest style of Greek architecture; the severe school of German music.
Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme: as, severe pain, anguish, or torture; severe cold; a severe winter.
Difficult to be endured; trying; critical; rigorous: as, a severe test; a severe examination.
Synonyms and Harsh, Strict, etc. (see austere), unrelenting.
Exact, accurate, unadorned, chaste.
Cutting, keen, biting.

Grave in feeling, manner, or disposition; solemn; earnest; not light, gay, or volatile; of things, springing from, expressing, or inducing gravity or earnestness of feeling.
In earnest; not jesting or making pretense.
Important; weighty; not trifling.
Attended with danger; giving rise to apprehension: as, a serious illness.
Synonyms Solemn, etc. See grave.
1 and Sedate, staid, sober, earnest.
Great, momentous.
Deeply impressed with the importance of religion; making profession of or pretension to religion.

Spartan, Hard, Austere, Wicked, Strong, Grave, Strict, Stark, Critical, Bad, Intense, Dangerous, Terrible, Grievous, Serious

Sober, Earnest, Difficult, Sincere, Thoughtful, Sensible, Good, Important, Sobering, Real, Critical, Dangerous, Grave, Grievous, Severe

Spartan, Hard, Austere, Wicked, Strong, Grave, Strict, Stark, Critical, Bad, Intense, Dangerous, Terrible, Grievous, Serious

Sober, Earnest, Difficult, Sincere, Thoughtful, Sensible, Good, Important, Sobering, Real, Critical, Dangerous, Grave, Grievous, Severe

Higher total scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms.
The patient will be monitored for severe diarrhea.
He diagnosed Respondent with alcohol use disorder, severe; other hallucinogen disorder severe significant use and diversion of ketamine; and unspecified depressive disorder.
Less severe effects maybe considered analytically in addition to this, but at a minimum, the most severe effects are to be considered.
During times of severe weather, these repeaters relay reports of severe weather directly to the local National Weather Service forecast office.
Criteria used by the authors to identify IBS patients with severe symptoms, and proportion of severe subjects by IBS subtype.
Withdrawal can produce cramping, severe muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and runny nose, sweating and cold sweats, and severe insomnia.
Our exclusion criteria were severe male factor, severe endometriosis, hydro salpinx, and the history of any endocrine disorders except PCOS.
It is also pertinent to remember that severe acidosis may not always correlate with severe dehydration.
Aaron Gillies was diagnosed with severe depression and shortly after that, severe anxiety.

The product may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult and serious damage to the product.
For the most part, detention is a punishment for students who commit minor problems, and school reserve more serious punishments for more serious infractions.
Imagine a scenario where there has been a serious crime in a town and the Sheriff is trying to prevent serious rioting.
Filing a crash report is important for serious car accidents, but also for less serious scenarios.
There was a time when psychedelics were a serious medicine under serious study, especially for alcoholics.
We have serious golf tools for serious golfers, and some clever gadgets just for fun!
Appoints serious accident investigation teams or trained investigators for the investigation of serious accidents.
Our national discussion of hateful speech is deadly serious, and calls for a serious approach, not empty rhetoric.
Serious tal llness: Serious mental illness is defined differently across programs, policies, and in research literature.
Posts tagged serious or of a serious nature may be subject to higher scrutiny.