different between obduracy vs petrification

English

Etymology

From obdurate +? -cy.

Noun

obduracy (plural obduracies)

1. The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
   • 1713, Nehemiah Walter, A discourse concerning the wonderfulness of Christ, Eleazer Phillips (Boston), page 156,

     It might also serve to condemn the obduracy and hard-heartedness of the Jews, who relented not, when even the earth trembled and the rocks rent.

   • 1812, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Leaving London for Wales," ln 5-6,

     True mountain Liberty alone may heal
     The pain which Custom's obduracies bring.

   • 2007, Simon Hughes, "Chanderpaul finally outwitted by master" Telegraph.co.uk, 20 June,

     Chanderpaul's obduracy might have broken lesser men, but Panesar more than matched him for relentlessness.

Related terms

• obdurate (adjective)

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “obduracy”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• obduracy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “obduracy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

English

Etymology

From French pétrification, from Middle French pétrifier + -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?t??f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

petrification (countable and uncountable, plural petrifications)

1. the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained
2. (figuratively) obduracy; callousness

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hallywell to this entry?)

Synonyms

• petrifaction

Related terms

• petrified forest
• petrified wood

Translations