different between insist vs insistent

English

Etymology

Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin ?nsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: in?sist

Verb

insist (third-person singular simple present insists, present participle insisting, simple past and past participle insisted)

1. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.

   (I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)
2. (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.

3. (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

Translations

Anagrams

• INSTIs, sit-ins, sits in

English

Etymology

From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?st?nt/

Adjective

insistent (comparative more insistent, superlative most insistent)

1. (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
2. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
3. Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
4. (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.

Derived terms

• insistently

Related terms

• insist
• insistence

Translations

References

• insistent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• tintiness

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nsist?ns.

Adjective

insistent (masculine and feminine plural insistents)

1. insistent

Derived terms

• insistència
• insistentment

Related terms

• insistir

Further reading

• “insistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insistent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “insistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

insistent

1. third-person plural present indicative of insister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of insister

Anagrams

• intestins

Latin

Verb

?nsistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ?nsist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French insistente.

Adjective

insistent m or n (feminine singular insistent?, masculine plural insisten?i, feminine and neuter plural insistente)

1. insistent

Declension