Pushy vs Insistent - What's the difference?
pushy | insistent |
Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
(obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
Extorting]] attention or notice; coercively [[stare, staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
(ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.
As adjectives the difference between pushy and insistent
is that pushy is aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined while insistent is (obsolete) standing or resting on something.pushy
English
Adjective
(er)- Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC
