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Hesitating vs Tentative - What's the difference?

hesitating | tentative |

As nouns the difference between hesitating and tentative

is that hesitating is hesitation while tentative is a trial; an experiment.

As a verb hesitating

is .

As an adjective tentative is

of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.

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,

    tentative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trial; an experiment.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
  • Uncertain; subject to future change.

    • Derived terms

    * tentativeness

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * attentive ----