Persistent vs. Stubborn
Persistentadjective
Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
Persistentadjective
Insistently repetitive.
Persistentadjective
Indefinitely continuous.
Persistentadjective
(botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.
Persistentadjective
(computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
Persistentadjective
(mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
Persistentadjective
non-transient.
Persistentadjective
Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
Persistentadjective
Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; - opposed to deciduous, and caducous.
Persistentadjective
never-ceasing;
Persistentadjective
continually recurring to the mind;
Persistentadjective
retained; not shed;
Stubbornadjective
Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
Stubbornadjective
Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
Stubbornnoun
(informal) Stubbornness.
Stubbornnoun
A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by Spiroplasma citri.
Stubbornadjective
Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; - said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.
Stubbornadjective
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Stubbornadjective
not responding to treatment;
Stubbornadjective
difficult to treat or deal with;
Stubbornadjective
persisting in a reactionary stand
Stubbornadjective
having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so
Stubbornadjective
difficult to move, remove, or cure
