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Hesitating vs Modest - What's the difference?

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Hesitating is a related term of modest.


As a verb hesitating

is .

As a noun hesitating

is hesitation.

As an adjective modest is

not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.

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,

    modest

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
  • Small, moderate in size.
    • He earns a modest amount of money.
    Her latest novel was a modest success.
  • (especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * immodest

    Derived terms

    * modest proposal * modesty