different between insistent vs tenacious

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

English

Etymology

From Latin ten?x (“holding fast, clinging”), from ten?re (“to hold”) +? -ious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ne???s/
• Rhymes: -e???s
• Hyphenation: tena?cious

Adjective

tenacious (comparative more tenacious, superlative most tenacious)

1. Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
2. Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
3. Holding together; cohesive.
4. Having a good memory; retentive.

Synonyms

• (clinging to an object or surface): clingsome, sticky; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
• (unwilling to yield or give up): pigheaded, steadfast; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
• (holding together): coherent; see also Thesaurus:cohesive
• (having a good memory): elephantlike, memorious; see also Thesaurus:memorious

Related terms

• tenaciously
• tenaciousness
• tenacity

Translations

Anagrams

• Aceitunos, e-auctions, sauconite