Obedient vs. Recalcitrant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Obedient and Recalcitrant
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Obedient
Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.
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Recalcitrant
Stubbornly resistant to or defiant of authority or guidance.
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Obedient
Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
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Recalcitrant
Difficult to manage or deal with
A recalcitrant problem.
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Obedient
One who obeys.
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Recalcitrant
Resistant to chemical decomposition; decomposing extremely slowly.
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Obedient
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
And floating straight, obedient to the stream.
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,With due observance, wait the chief's command.
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Recalcitrant
A recalcitrant person.
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Obedient
Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority;
An obedient soldier
Obedient children
A little man obedient to his wife
The obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened
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Recalcitrant
Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
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Recalcitrant
Unwilling to cooperate socially.
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Recalcitrant
Difficult to deal with or to operate.
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Recalcitrant
Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.
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Recalcitrant
A person who is recalcitrant.
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Recalcitrant
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
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Recalcitrant
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance;
A recalcitrant teenager
Everything revolves around a refractory individual genius
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Recalcitrant
Marked by stubborn resistance to authority;
The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
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