Hesitant vs Uncertain - What's the difference?
hesitant | uncertain |
Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
Not certain; unsure.
*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
*:Man, without the protection of a superior Being,is uncertain of everything that he hopes for.
Not known for certain; questionable.
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Not yet determined; undecided.
Variable and subject to change.
Fitful or unsteady.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
Unpredictable or capricious.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:O woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain , coy, and hard to please!
As adjectives the difference between hesitant and uncertain
is that hesitant is tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation while uncertain is not certain; unsure.hesitant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.