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Obstinacy vs Setness - What's the difference?

obstinacy | setness |

As nouns the difference between obstinacy and setness

is that obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness while setness is the quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.

obstinacy

English

Noun

  • The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
    • He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.

    Synonyms

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    setness

    English

    Noun

  • The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
  • * R. Masters
    • the starched setness of a sententious writer
  • * (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
    • They who had shrugged their shoulders at her little peculiarities and setnesses acknowledged that now she was the exact person that was wanted.