different between stubborn vs impenitent

English

Etymology

From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn. Origin uncertain.

One theory is that the origin may come from *stybor, *stibor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + adj. formative -or as in Old English bitor, English bitter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?b?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st?b?n/
• Rhymes: -?b?(?)n
• Hyphenation: stub?born

Adjective

stubborn (comparative stubborner, superlative stubbornest)

1. Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.

2. Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.

Synonyms

• willful, headstrong, wayward, obstinate, obdurate, contrary, disobedient, insubordinate, undisciplined, adamant, unyielding, rebellious
• See also Thesaurus:obstinate, perseverant, persistent, enduring

Derived terms

• stubbornly
• stubbornness

Translations

Noun

stubborn (uncountable)

1. (informal) Stubbornness.
2. A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by Spiroplasma citri.

Further reading

• stubborn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• stubborn in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• stubborn at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p?n?t?nt/

Adjective

impenitent

1. Not penitent; not repent one's sins
   • 1659, Joseph Hall, Susurrium cum Deo

     A careless and impenitent heart.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16

     “Captain Peleg,” said Bildad steadily, “thy conscience may be drawing ten inches of water, or ten fathoms, I can’t tell; but as thou art still an impenitent man, Captain Peleg, I greatly fear lest thy conscience be but a leaky one; and will in the end sink thee foundering down to the fiery pit, Captain Peleg.”

Translations

Noun

impenitent (plural impenitents)

1. One who is not penitent.

References

• impenitent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• impenitent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• pentimenti

Romanian

Etymology

From French impénitent

Adjective

impenitent m or n (feminine singular impenitent?, masculine plural impeniten?i, feminine and neuter plural impenitente)

1. unrepentant

Declension