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Hesitant vs Hesitating - What's the difference?

hesitant | hesitating |

As an adjective hesitant

is tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.

As a verb hesitating is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun hesitating is

hesitation.

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

    * ----

    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,