dutiful vs obstinate

dutiful

adj
  • Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint. 

  • Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty. 

obstinate

adj
  • Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent. 

  • Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving. 

  • Not easily subdued or removed. 

How often have the words dutiful and obstinate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )