Stern vs. Unyielding — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Stern and Unyielding
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Stern
The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship.
Unyielding
Not giving way to pressure; hard or inflexible
"She lay on the unyielding concrete of the steps" (T. Coraghessan Boyle).
Stern
Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character
A stern disciplinarian.
Unyielding
Incapable of being changed; unalterable
"the unyielding grip of war" (James Carroll).
Stern
Showing or expressing displeasure or disapproval; forbidding or harsh
A stern face.
A stern voice.
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Unyielding
Not willing to change or be persuaded; resolute
An unyielding champion of civil rights.
Stern
Firm or unyielding; uncompromising
Stern resistance.
Unyielding
Not giving in; not bending; stubborn.
Stern
Difficult to endure; oppressive
Stern necessity.
Unyielding
Stubbornly unyielding;
Dogged persistence
Dour determination
The most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
A mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it
Men tenacious of opinion
Stern
(Nautical) The rear part of a ship or boat.
Unyielding
Refusing to give way or compromise;
Unyielding determination
Stern
A rear part or section.
Unyielding
Having austere inflexibility;
A flinty manner
Granitic morality
His unyielding mouth and glassy eyes
Stern
Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
Stern
Grim and forbidding in appearance.
Stern
(nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
Stern
(figurative) The post of management or direction.
Stern
The hinder part of anything.
Stern
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
Stern
A bird, the black tern.
Stern
To steer, to direct the course of (a ship).
Stern
To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water.
Stern
The black tern.
Stern
The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
Stern
The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
Stern
Fig.: The post of management or direction.
And sit chiefest stern of public weal.
Stern
The hinder part of anything.
Stern
The tail of an animal; - now used only of the tail of a dog.
Stern
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
The sterne wind so loud gan to rout.
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.
When that the poor have cried, Cæsar hath wept;Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard.
These barren rocks, your stern inheritance.
Stern
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
Stern
The rear part of a ship
Stern
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
Stern
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Stern
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect;
An austere expression
A stern face
Stern
Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
Grim determination
Grim necessity
Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
Relentless persecution
The stern demands of parenthood
Stern
Severe and unremitting in making demands;
An exacting instructor
A stern disciplinarian
Strict standards
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