Consistency vs Obstinacy - What's the difference?
consistency | obstinacy |
Local coherence.
Correspondence or compatibility.
Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
* Addison
The degree of viscosity of something.
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(obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
* South
The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
As nouns the difference between consistency and obstinacy
is that consistency is local coherence while obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.consistency
English
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- His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency .
Antonyms
* inconsistencyobstinacy
English
Noun
- He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.