Obstinate vs Perverse - What's the difference?
obstinate | perverse |
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 , ,
Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (legal, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
Perverse is a synonym of obstinate.
As adjectives the difference between obstinate and perverse
is that obstinate is stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent while perverse is turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.obstinate
English
Adjective
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- 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
* * * ----perverse
English
Adjective
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