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Hesitance vs Reluctance - What's the difference?

hesitance | reluctance |

As nouns the difference between hesitance and reluctance

is that hesitance is the act or state of hesitating while reluctance is unwillingness to do something.

hesitance

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) * hesitancy

Noun

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  • The act or state of hesitating.
  • :His hesitance was caused by bad past experiences.

    • reluctance

    English

    Noun

  • Unwillingness to do something.
  • Hesitancy in taking some action.
  • (physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

    • Derived terms

    * reluctance motor

    Related terms

    * reluctant, adjective * reluctantly, adverb