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Hesitant vs Clumsy - What's the difference?

hesitant | clumsy |

As adjectives the difference between hesitant and clumsy

is that hesitant is tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation while clumsy is awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

As a noun clumsy is

a clumsy person.

hesitant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
    • I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.

    Related terms

    * hesitance * hesitancy * hesitate * hesitation * hesitative

    Anagrams

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    clumsy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
    • He's very clumsy . I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
  • Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
    • It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
    What a clumsy joke...
  • awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

    • Noun

    (clumsies)
  • A person.

    • Synonyms

    * butterfingers * klutz

    See also

    * clumsies

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