Difference between Stubborn and Obstinate

STUBBORN vs OBSTINATE: ADJECTIVE

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

Persisting in a reactionary stand
Resistant to guidance or discipline
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.
Characterized by such adherence.
Difficult to manage, control, or treat.
Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.
Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

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.
Synonyms and Refractory, Intractable, etc. (see obstinate); wilful, headstrong, unruly, inflexible, obdurate, ungovernable, indocile, mulish.
Fixed or set in opinion or purpose; obstinately determined; inflexibly resolute; not to be moved by persuasion; unyielding.
To make stubborn; render stiff, unyielding, enduring, or the like.
Sturdy; stout; strong.

Synonyms Obstinate, Stubborn, Intractable, Refractory, Contumacious, pertinacious, headstrong, unyielding, dogged, wilful, persistent, immovable, inflexible, firm, resolute. The first five words now imply a strong and vicious or disobedient refusal to yield, a resolute or unmanageable standing upon one's own will. Stubborn is strictly negative: a stubborn child will not listen to advice or commands, but perhaps has no definite purpose of his own. Obstinate is active: the obstinate man will carry out his intention in spite of advice, remonstrance, appeals, or force. The last three of the italicized words imply disobedience to proper authority. Intractable, literally not to be drawn, handled, or governed, is negative; so is refractory: both suggest sullenness or perverseness; refractory is more appropriate where resistance is physical: hence the extension of the word to apply to metals. Contumacious combines pride, haughtiness, or insolence with disobedience; in law it means wilfully disobedient to the orders of a court.
Not easily controlled or removed; unyielding to treatment: as, an obstinate cough; an obstinate headache.
Springing from or indicating obstinacy.
Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course of action; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty; headstrong.

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

Ornery, Headstrong, Recalcitrant, Intransigent, Unregenerated, Contrary, Perverse, Cussed, Wayward, Unreconstructed, Unrepentant, Unregenerate, Disobedient, Obdurate, Stubborn

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

Ornery, Headstrong, Recalcitrant, Intransigent, Unregenerated, Contrary, Perverse, Cussed, Wayward, Unreconstructed, Unrepentant, Unregenerate, Disobedient, Obdurate, Stubborn

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.

In December, a heavy, obstinate downpour lasted for days.
The Professor sat down and his mouth grew obstinate.
Pertinaciously, Obstinate, prvfrac te, pcrtinaciter, obstinato animo, cum pertinacia.
The most obstinate farmers were persecuted and imprisoned.
He could be obstinate and lacking in diplomacy.
Market sentiment is often subjective, biased, and obstinate.
Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests.
SYN: Willful, froward, perverse, refractory, disobedient, obstinate, stubborn.
Fond of his woe, and obstinate in grief.
He said he had managed to cope with obstinate generals and he would manage to cope with obstinate SS generals too.