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Pertinacity vs Steadfast - What's the difference?

pertinacity | steadfast |

As a noun pertinacity

is the state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

As an adjective steadfast is

fixed or unchanging; steady.

pertinacity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
  • *1846 , E.A.Poe,
  • *:With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.
  • *1851 , , The House of Seven Gables , ch. 19:
  • *:Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance.

    • Synonyms

    * pertinaciousness, resolve, stubbornness, tenacity

    Anagrams

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    steadfast

    English

    Alternative forms

    * stedfast (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Fixed or unchanging; steady.
  • Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

    • Derived terms

    * steadfastly * steadfastness