obstinacy

As nouns the difference between obsession and obstinacy

is that obsession is a compulsive or irrational preoccupation while obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.

As nouns the difference between obstinacy and obstination

is that obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness while obstination is (uncountable) stubbornness.

As nouns the difference between consistency and obstinacy

is that consistency is local coherence while obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.

As nouns the difference between obstinacy and headstrongness

is that obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness while headstrongness is the property of being headstrong, stubbornness.

As nouns the difference between obstinacy and fortitude

is that obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness while fortitude is mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.

As nouns the difference between stiff and obstinacy

is that stiff is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff while obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.

As an adjective stiff

is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

As a verb stiff

is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

As nouns the difference between obstinacy and obduracy

is that obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness while obduracy is the state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.

As nouns the difference between obstinacy and balkiness

is that obstinacy is the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness while balkiness is the state or quality of being balky.