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Insistent vs Yielding - What's the difference?

insistent | yielding |

As adjectives the difference between insistent and yielding

is that insistent is standing or resting on something while yielding is docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

As a verb yielding is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun yielding is

a concession.

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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    yielding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A concession.

    • Derived terms

    * overyielding