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What is the difference between hesitating and er?

hesitating | er |

As verbs the difference between hesitating and er

is that hesitating is (hesitate) while er is (informal) to utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er .

As a interjection er is

(uk).

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,

    er

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (UK)

    • Verb

  • (informal) To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er .
    • He ummed and erred his way through the presentation.

    See also

    * uh

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