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Cowed vs Hesitating - What's the difference?

cowed | hesitating |

As verbs the difference between cowed and hesitating

is that cowed is (cow) while hesitating is .

As an adjective cowed

is frightened into submission.

As a noun hesitating is

hesitation.

cowed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Frightened into submission.
    • * (English Citations of "cowed")

    Synonyms

    * intimidated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cow)

    • hesitating

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • hesitation
  • * (Charles Dickens)
    • Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two,