Indomitable vs Obstinate - What's the difference?
indomitable | obstinate |
Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
* 1902 , , The Four Feathers , ch. 1:
* 1910 , , A Shepherd's Life , ch. 7:
* 2007 , , "
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
* 1686 , , "That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort that is not in reason to be defended",
Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.
* 1927 , ,
As adjectives the difference between indomitable and obstinate
is that indomitable is incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished while obstinate is stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.indomitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham.
- But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.
When Betty Got Frank," Time , 31 March:
- Nobody came on to the movie camera—wrapped it in a bear hug and wrestled it to submission—like Betty Hutton. They called this 40s singer-actress "the Blitzkrieg blond" . . . . [S]he was indomitable , unstoppable.
Synonyms
* impregnable, inexpugnable, insuperable, insurmountable, invincible, never-say-die, unbeatable, unconquerable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, unvanquishableobstinate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- From this consideration it is that we have derived the custom, in times of war, to punish
- Now it happened that Kasturbai had again begun getting haemorrhage, and the malady seemed to be obstinate .
