Obstinate vs Resistant - What's the difference?
obstinate | resistant |
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 , ,
A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
A thing which resists.
Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
(statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
As adjectives the difference between obstinate and resistant
is that obstinate is stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent while resistant is resistant.As a noun resistant is
resistant.As a verb resistant is
.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
* * * ----resistant
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- The infection is resistant to antibiotics.