Hesitate vs Ambivalent - What's the difference?
hesitate | ambivalent |
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
(transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
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Simultaneously]] experiencing or expressing [[oppose, opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
As a verb hesitate
is to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.As an adjective ambivalent is
simultaneously]] experiencing or expressing [[oppose|opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.hesitate
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(hesitat)- He hesitated''' whether to accept the offer or not; men often '''hesitate in forming a judgment.
- (Alexander Pope)
- Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
