The difference between Rigorous and Thorough
When used as adjectives, rigorous means showing, causing, or favoring rigour, whereas thorough means painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
Thorough is also noun with the meaning: a furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Thorough is also preposition with the meaning: through.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rigorous and Thorough
-
Rigorous as an adjective:
Showing, causing, or favoring rigour; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
Examples:
"a rigorous officer of justice"
"a rigorous execution of law"
"a rigorous inspection"
-
Rigorous as an adjective:
Severe; intense.
Examples:
" a rigorous winter."
-
Thorough as an adjective:
Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
Examples:
"The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody."
"He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen."
"The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before it will be inhabitable."
-
Thorough as an adjective:
Utter; complete; absolute.
Examples:
"It is a thorough pleasure to see him beg for mercy."
-
Thorough as a preposition (obsolete):
Through.
-
Thorough as a noun (UK, dialect):
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"