Reluctant vs Intransigent - What's the difference?
reluctant | intransigent |
Opposing; offering resistance (to).
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.108:
* 2008 , Kern Alexander et al., The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services , p. 222:
Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.
As adjectives the difference between reluctant and intransigent
is that reluctant is opposing; offering resistance (to) while intransigent is unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.reluctant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung / Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave, / From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung, / Should suck him back to her insatiate grave [...].
- They are reluctant to the inclusion of a necessity test, especially of a horizontal nature, and emphasize, instead, the importance of procedural disciplines [...].
- She was reluctant to lend him the money
Synonyms
* unwilling, disinclinedExternal links
* * *intransigent
English
Alternative forms
* intransigeantAdjective
(en adjective)- Don't waste your time trying to change his mind, he's completely intransigent .
