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Hardheaded vs Sentimental - What's the difference?

hardheaded | sentimental |

As adjectives the difference between hardheaded and sentimental

is that hardheaded is stubborn; wilful while sentimental is characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.

hardheaded

English

Alternative forms

* hard-headed

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stubborn; wilful.
  • Realistic; pragmatic.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * hardheadedly * hardheadedness

    sentimental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
  • derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment
  • romantic

    • Derived terms

    * sentimentalism * sentimentality * sentimentally

    Quotations

    * 1885 : , *: Are you in sentimental mood? *: I'll sigh with you. * 1944 : , *: Gonna take a Sentimental Journey, *: Gonna set my heart at ease. *: Gonna make a Sentimental Journey, *: to renew old memories.

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