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Steadiness vs Pertinacity - What's the difference?

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Steadiness is a related term of pertinacity.


As nouns the difference between steadiness and pertinacity

is that steadiness is the state of being steady while pertinacity is the state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

steadiness

English

Noun

(-)
  • the state of being steady
  • the degree of stability

    • Antonyms

    * unsteadiness

    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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