Adamant vs. Intransigent

Adamantadjective

(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.

Adamantadjective

(of an object) very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.

Adamantnoun

An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.

Adamantnoun

An embodiment of impregnable hardness.

Adamantnoun

A magnet; a lodestone.

Adamantnoun

A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.

Adamantnoun

Lodestone; magnet.

Adamantnoun

very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

Adamantadjective

not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion;

Adamantadjective

refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind

Adamantnoun

a legendary rock or mineral to which many properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone.

Adamant

Adamant in classical mythology is an archaic form of diamond. In fact, the English word diamond is ultimately derived from adamas, via Late Latin diamas and Old French diamant.

Intransigentadjective

Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable

Intransigentnoun

A person who is intransigent

Intransigentadjective

Refusing compromise; uncompromising; inflexible; irreconcilable.

Intransigentadjective

not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion;