Resolute vs Categorical - What's the difference?
resolute | categorical |
Firm, unyielding, determined.
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(obsolete) Convinced; satisfied; sure.
absolute; having no exception
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of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories
As adjectives the difference between resolute and categorical
is that resolute is firm, unyielding, determined while categorical is absolute; having no exception.As a noun categorical is
(logic) a categorical proposition.resolute
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.
- He was resolute in his decision to stay.
- Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute .
- If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!
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Usage notes
* The one-word comparative form resoluter and superlative form resolutest are both well attested, though not as common as the two-word forms “more resolute” and “most resolute”.Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* irresolutecategorical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams.