Obduracy vs Obfirmation - What's the difference?
obduracy | obfirmation |
The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
*1598 , , King Henry IV Part 2 , act 2, scene 2,
*:Thou thinkest me as far in the devil's
book as thou and Falstaff for obduracy and
persistency.
*1713 , Nehemiah Walter, A discourse concerning the wonderfulness of Christ , Eleazer Phillips (Boston), page 156,
*:It might also serve to condemn the obduracy and hard-heartedness of the Jews, who relented not, when even the earth trembled and the rocks rent.
*1812 , , "On Leaving London for Wales," ln 5-6,
*:True mountain Liberty alone may heal
The pain which Custom's obduracies bring.
*2007 , Simon Hughes, "
*:Chanderpaul's obduracy might have broken lesser men, but Panesar more than matched him for relentlessness.
As nouns the difference between obduracy and obfirmation
is that obduracy is the state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible while obfirmation is (obsolete|rare) hardness of heart; obduracy.obduracy
English
Noun
(obduracies)book as thou and Falstaff for obduracy and
persistency.
The pain which Custom's obduracies bring.
Chanderpaul finally outwitted by master" Telegraph.co.uk, 20 June,