Determined vs Obdurate - What's the difference?
determined | obdurate | Related terms |
Decided; resolute, possessing much determination.
(determine)
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
* Hooker
* Shakespeare
* 1818 , ,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 4, stanza 9, lines 1486-7:
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(obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.
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Determined is a related term of obdurate.
As adjectives the difference between determined and obdurate
is that determined is decided; resolute, possessing much determination while obdurate is stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.As a verb determined
is (determine).determined
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm determined to get a good grade in my exam.
Verb
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*obdurate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
- Art thou obdurate , flinty, hard as steel, / Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
- But custom maketh blind and obdurate
- The loftiest hearts.
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