Hesitate vs Undecided - What's the difference?
hesitate | undecided |
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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Open and not yet settled or determined.
Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.
A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 17, author=Jennifer Finney Boylan, title=At the Maine Caucuses, a Tough Nut to Crack, work=New York Times
, passage=The real drama came as these two camps fought for undecideds , who literally found themselves in the middle. }}
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 undecided is
open and not yet settled or determined.As a noun undecided is
a voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.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.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeSynonyms
* deliberate * demur * doubt * falter * mammer * scruple * stammer * waverDerived terms
* hesitant * hesitationExternal links
* * *undecided
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The question of man's destiny is still undecided .
- The result of the election is in doubt because of a large number of undecided voters.
Synonyms
* (open and not yet settled) indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive * ambivalent, irresolute, of two minds, indecisiveNoun
(en noun)citation