Obstinate dogged stubborn pertinacious mulish mean fixed and unyielding in course or purpose.
Above given words are synonyms. General meaning of word group is given at the heading . I will emphasize on more precise difference of words in the story.
John was living with this "obstinate" (an unreasonable persistence
) donkey. He with "dogged" (an admirable often tenacious and unwavering persistence) perseverance make this donkey work. But this "stubborn" donkey refused to go to market. Donkey "pertinacious" (suggest irksome or annoying) behavior was making him mad . Finally John gave up to his "mulishness" (suggest having it;s own way) he put donkey on his back and bring to market
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