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Immovable vs Headstrong - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between immovable and headstrong

is that immovable is incapable of being physically moved; fixed while headstrong is determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.

As a noun immovable

is that which can not be moved; something which is immovable.

immovable

English

Alternative forms

* immoveable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
  • Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 101:
    • I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable .
  • Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.
    • (Dryden)
  • (legal) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
    • an immovable estate

    Antonyms

    * movable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which can not be moved; something which is immovable.

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    headstrong

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
    • He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * headstrongly * headstrongness