Hesitant vs Fickle - What's the difference?
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Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
(figurative) changeable
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
To deceive; flatter.
To puzzle; perplex; nonplus.
As adjectives the difference between hesitant and fickle
is that hesitant is tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation while fickle is quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.As a verb fickle is
to deceive; flatter.hesitant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.
Anagrams
* ----fickle
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fikil, fikil, from (etyl) {{term, ficol, , fickle, cunning, tricky , deceitful, lang=ang}}, equivalent to . More at (l).Adjective
(en-adj)- To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.