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Inflexible vs Pertinacious - What's the difference?

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Inflexible is a related term of pertinacious.


As adjectives the difference between inflexible and pertinacious

is that inflexible is not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding while pertinacious is holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.

inflexible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * unflexible

    Antonyms

    * flexible

    Related terms

    * inflexibility * inflexibleness * inflexibly

    References

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    pertinacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
  • * 1884', , "The Path of Duty" in ''The English Illustrated Magazine'' ' 2 (15): 240–256.
  • *:He would really have to make up his mind to care for his wife or not to care for her. What would Lady Vandeleur say to one alternative, and what would little Joscelind say to the other? That is what it was to have a pertinacious father and to be an accommodating son.
  • Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * pertinaciousness * pertinacity