The difference between Amenable and Recalcitrant

When used as adjectives, amenable means willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions, whereas recalcitrant means marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.

Recalcitrant is also noun with the meaning: a person who is recalcitrant.

check bellow for the other definitions of Amenable and Recalcitrant

  1. Amenable as an adjective:

    Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.

  2. Amenable as an adjective:

    Willing to comply; easily led.

  3. Amenable as an adjective (math, of a [[group]]):

    Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.

  1. Recalcitrant as an adjective:

    Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.

  2. Recalcitrant as an adjective:

    Unwilling to cooperate socially.

  3. Recalcitrant as an adjective:

    Difficult to deal with or to operate.

  4. Recalcitrant as an adjective (botany, of seed, pollen, spores):

    Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.

  1. Recalcitrant as a noun:

    A person who is recalcitrant.

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