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Wrongheaded vs Headstrong - What's the difference?

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Wrongheaded is a related term of headstrong.


As adjectives the difference between wrongheaded and headstrong

is that wrongheaded is having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement while headstrong is determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.

wrongheaded

English

Alternative forms

* wrong-headed

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.
    • He's not just wrong, but wrongheaded about raising the kids.

    Derived terms

    * wrongheadedly * wrongheadedness English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    headstrong

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
    • He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * headstrongly * headstrongness