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Obstinancy vs. Obstinate — What's the Difference?

Obstinancy vs. Obstinate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Obstinancy and Obstinate

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Obstinancy

Obstinacy.

Obstinate

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
Her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio

Obstinancy

(rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.

Obstinate

Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.

Obstinate

Characterized by such adherence
An obstinate refusal.
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Obstinate

Difficult to manage, control, or treat
An obstinate problem.
An obstinate headache.

Obstinate

Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.

Obstinate

(of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.

Obstinate

(of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.

Obstinate

Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; - usually implying unreasonableness.
I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine.
No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate.
Of sense and outward things.

Obstinate

Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.

Obstinate

Persist stubbornly;
He obstinates himself against all rational arguments

Obstinate

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Obstinate

Resistant to guidance or discipline;
Mary Mary quite contrary
An obstinate child with a violent temper
A perverse mood
Wayward behavior

Obstinate

Persisting in a reactionary stand

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