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Assertive vs Insistent - What's the difference?

assertive | insistent |

As adjectives the difference between assertive and insistent

is that assertive is boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive while insistent is standing or resting on something.

assertive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive

    • Derived terms

    * assertiveness

    insistent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
  • Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
  • Extorting]] attention or notice; coercively [[stare, staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
  • (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.

    • Derived terms

    * insistently

    Related terms

    * insist * insistence

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