Difference between Spartan and Strict

What is the difference between Spartan and Strict?

Spartan as an adjective is austere, frugal or characterized by self-denial while Strict as an adjective is strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

Spartan

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: austere, frugal or characterized by self-denial resolute in the face of danger or adversity lacking in decoration and luxury

Strict

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.Severe in discipline.

Example sentence: Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

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