Obstinate vs Hardy - What's the difference?
obstinate | hardy | Related terms |
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
* 1686 , , "That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort that is not in reason to be defended",
Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.
* 1927 , ,
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the (hardy hole).
(Webster 1913)
Obstinate is a related term of hardy.
As an adjective obstinate
is stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.As a proper noun hardy is
, originally a nickname for a hardy person.obstinate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- From this consideration it is that we have derived the custom, in times of war, to punish
- Now it happened that Kasturbai had again begun getting haemorrhage, and the malady seemed to be obstinate .