infirm vs rigid

infirm

adj
  • Irresolute; weak of mind or will. 

  • Weak or ill, not in good health. 

  • Frail; unstable; insecure. 

verb
  • To contradict, to provide proof that something is not. 

rigid

adj
  • Uncompromising. 

  • Stiff, rather than flexible. 

  • Fixed, rather than moving. 

  • Rigorous and unbending. 

noun
  • An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship. 

  • A bicycle with no suspension system. 

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