Obstinate vs Headstrong - What's the difference?
obstinate | headstrong |
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 , ,
Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
Headstrong is a synonym of obstinate.
As adjectives the difference between obstinate and headstrong
is that obstinate is stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent while headstrong is determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.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 .
Synonyms
* bloody-minded, persistent, stubborn, pertinacious * (not easily subdued) persistent, unrelenting, inexorable * See alsoDerived terms
* obstinately * obstinatenessExternal links
* * * ----headstrong
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.