Difference between Stubborn and Cross Grained

STUBBORN vs CROSS GRAINED: ADJECTIVE

Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Not responding to treatment
Persisting in a reactionary stand
Refusing to change one's mind or course of action despite pressure to do so; unyielding or resolute. : obstinate.
Characterized by a refusal to change one's mind or course of action; dogged or persistent.
Difficult to treat or deal with; resistant to treatment or effort.
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
Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting.
Difficult to treat or deal with

Synonyms and Refractory, Intractable, etc. (see obstinate); wilful, headstrong, unruly, inflexible, obdurate, ungovernable, indocile, mulish.
Harsh; rough; rude; coarse in texture or quality.
Difficult of treatment or management; hard to deal with or handle; not easily manipulated; refractory; tough; unyielding; stiff.
Persistently pursued or practised; obstinately maintained; not readily abandoned or relinquished.
Persistently obdurate; obtuse to reason or right; obstinately perverse.
Fixed or set in opinion or purpose; obstinately determined; inflexibly resolute; not to be moved by persuasion; unyielding.
Sturdy; stout; strong.
To make stubborn; render stiff, unyielding, enduring, or the like.

Bolshy, Hard, Stroppy, Pertinacious, Dogged, Dour, Intractable, Hardheaded, Cantankerous, Bullheaded, Pigheaded, Unyielding, Mulish, Tenacious, Obstinate

Gravimeter, Trap, Filling, Sulky, Red oak, Presswork, Gnarled, Thwart, Ugly, Thwarted, Thwarting, Morose, Churlish, Knotting, Knot

Bolshy, Hard, Stroppy, Pertinacious, Dogged, Dour, Intractable, Hardheaded, Cantankerous, Bullheaded, Pigheaded, Unyielding, Mulish, Tenacious, Obstinate

Crosscut, Gravimeter, Einkorn, Filling, Sulky, Presswork, Ugly, Thwarting, Thwarted, Thwart, Morose, Gnarled, Churlish, Knotting, Knot

Why do you want to be so stubborn?
It reduces stubborn dark spots, revealing spotless skin.
It works on even the most stubborn calluses.
Sterren was stubborn enough to wait for him.
Creative, funny, unapologetically myself, realist, and sometimes stubborn.
Moses taught the Israelites not to be stubborn.
Ketoconazole commonly used for stubborn dandruff, psoriasis, etc.
My Dad is a very stubborn man and my Mam, although not quite as stubborn, is certainly more animated.
Kids can be stubborn just to be stubborn.
We introduce nondeterministic stubborn sets, stubborn sets which preserve strong cyclic plans.