Inflexible vs Immovable - What's the difference?
inflexible | immovable | Related terms |
Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.
Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 101:
Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.
(legal) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
Inflexible is a related term of immovable.
As adjectives the difference between inflexible and immovable
is that inflexible is not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding while immovable is incapable of being physically moved; fixed.As a noun immovable is
that which can not be moved; something which is immovable.inflexible
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* See also * unflexibleAntonyms
* flexibleReferences
* ----immovable
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Alternative forms
* immoveableAdjective
(en adjective)- I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable .
- (Dryden)
- an immovable estate
