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Insistent vs Unbending - What's the difference?

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Insistent is a related term of unbending.


As adjectives the difference between insistent and unbending

is that insistent is (obsolete) standing or resting on something while unbending is inflexible and not yielding.

As a verb unbending is

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As a noun unbending is

the act of one who unbends.

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

    Related terms

    * insist * insistence

    References

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    unbending

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • inflexible and not yielding
  • very reserved, aloof and antisocial

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who unbends.
  • * 1838 , The Eclectic Review
    • He was a frequent visitor at Wimbledon where Mr. Wilberforce now resided, and the following account is given of his social unbendings .