Difference between Stubborn and Pigheaded

STUBBORN vs PIGHEADED: 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

Egocentric, Intransigent, Incorrigible, Selfish, Conceited, Cantankerous, Ornery, Thickheaded, Mulish, Egotistical, Arrogant, Obstinate, Bullet headed, Bullheaded, Stubborn

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

Egocentric, Intransigent, Incorrigible, Selfish, Conceited, Cantankerous, Ornery, Thickheaded, Mulish, Egotistical, Arrogant, Obstinate, Bullet headed, Bullheaded, 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.

If communications become deadlocked during a divorce, things can go from a desire to be reasonable and amicable to being downright nasty and pigheaded.
Unlike Michael, Deangelo was pigheaded and unyielding, and he was a blatant sexual harrasser.
And I figured if you could work with someone as pigheaded as me, dark eyes were only inches away.
True adults are not so pigheaded as to think they are right all of the time.
Maturely your lilangeni is pigheaded and you are doing the best for your little one.
Dwarves can be obstinate, and pigheaded, and difficult.
I have filed reports of people for pigheaded medical experiments.