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Insistent vs Persistant - What's the difference?

insistent | persistant |

As adjectives the difference between insistent and persistant

is that insistent is (obsolete) standing or resting on something while persistant is .

insistent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
  • Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
  • Extorting]] attention or notice; coercively [[stare, staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
  • (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.
  • Derived terms

    * insistently

    References

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    persistant

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
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