Difference between Stubborn and Intractable

STUBBORN vs INTRACTABLE: ADJECTIVE

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.
Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
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

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory.
Difficult to mold or manipulate.
Difficult to persuade or keep under control, as in behavior: : obstinate.
Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
Difficult to manage, deal with, or change to an acceptable condition.
Difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure.

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

Difficult to manage or mold
Not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; uncontrollable.
Not to be brought into the desired order or condition; unmanageable; resisting effort: as, an intractable disposition; an intractable subject for literary treatment.
Synonyms Stubborn, Refractory, etc. (see obstinate); unruly, unmanageable, ungovernable, wilful.
Not tractable

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

Unresolved, Intransigent, Knotty, Thorny, Insoluble, Irresolvable, Unsolvable, Unmalleable, Balking, Balky, Refractory, Uncontrollable, Unmanageable, Stubborn, Recalcitrant

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

Unresolved, Intransigent, Knotty, Thorny, Insoluble, Irresolvable, Unsolvable, Unmalleable, Balking, Balky, Refractory, Uncontrollable, Unmanageable, Stubborn, Recalcitrant

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.