Insisted vs Emphatic - What's the difference?
insisted | emphatic |
(insist)
To hold up a claim emphatically.
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To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
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Characterized by emphasis.
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Stated with conviction.
belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
(phonology) of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.
As a verb insisted
is past tense of insist.As an adjective emphatic is
characterized by emphasis.As a noun emphatic is
an emphatic consonant.insisted
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*insist
English
Alternative forms
* ensistVerb
(en verb)- (I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)
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- Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.
Anagrams
* English reporting verbsemphatic
English
Alternative forms
* emphatick (obsolete)Adjective
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- He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.