Stubborn vs Conceited - What's the difference?
stubborn | conceited |
Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting.
Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
* Jonathan Swift
* Bentley
(rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
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(obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
* Knolles
(obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
* Evelyn
(conceit)
As adjectives the difference between stubborn and conceited
is that stubborn is refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting while conceited is having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc; vain and egotistical.As a verb conceited is
(conceit).stubborn
English
Adjective
(er)- He is pretty stubborn about his political beliefs, so why bother arguing?
- Blood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* stubbornly * stubbornnessExternal links
* * *conceited
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)- If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
- Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
- He was pleasantly conceited , and sharp of wit.
- A conceited chair to sleep in.