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Driven vs Steadfast - What's the difference?

driven | steadfast |

As adjectives the difference between driven and steadfast

is that driven is obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals while steadfast is fixed or unchanging; steady.

As a verb driven

is .

driven

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
  • (of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.

    • Derived terms

    * demand-driven English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles ----

    steadfast

    English

    Alternative forms

    * stedfast (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Fixed or unchanging; steady.
  • Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

    • Derived terms

    * steadfastly * steadfastness