Headstrong vs Flexible - What's the difference?
headstrong | flexible |
Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.
Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
(chiefly, engineering, and, manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
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As adjectives the difference between headstrong and flexible
is that headstrong is determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want while flexible is capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.As a noun flexible is
(chiefly|engineering|and|manufacturing) something that is flexible.headstrong
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* headstrongly * headstrongnessflexible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -
- Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. - .
- Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible . -
- This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.
Synonyms
* bendsome * ductile * inconstant * manageable * obsequious * pliant * pliable * supple * tractable * waveringDerived terms
* flexibly * flexiblenessSee also
* foldableNoun
(en noun)citation