rigid vs strict

rigid

adj
  • Stiff, rather than flexible. 

  • Fixed, rather than moving. 

  • Uncompromising. 

  • 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. 

strict

adj
  • Strained; drawn close; tight. 

  • Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. 

  • Severe in discipline. 

  • Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive. 

  • Tense; not relaxed. 

  • Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular. 

  • Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous. 

  • Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted. 

How often have the words rigid and strict occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )