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Baulk vs Hesitate - What's the difference?

baulk | hesitate |

As verbs the difference between baulk and hesitate

is that baulk is an alternative spelling of lang=en while hesitate is to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

As a noun baulk

is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

baulk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British)
  • (UK) In billiards, the area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.

    • Derived terms

    * baulk line * baulk end

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British)

    • Anagrams

    *

    hesitate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (hesitat)
  • To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
    • He hesitated''' whether to accept the offer or not; men often '''hesitate in forming a judgment.
    (Alexander Pope)
  • To stammer; to falter in speaking.
  • (transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
  • *
    • Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Synonyms

    * deliberate * demur * doubt * falter * mammer * scruple * stammer * waver

    Derived terms

    * hesitant * hesitation

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