Hesitation vs Ambiguity - What's the difference?
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An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
A faltering in speech; stammering.
(countable) Something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
Hesitation is a related term of ambiguity.
As nouns the difference between hesitation and ambiguity
is that hesitation is hesitation while ambiguity is (countable) something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.hesitation
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(wikipedia hesitation)Alternative forms
* (chiefly archaic)Noun
(en noun)ambiguity
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(wikipedia ambiguity)Noun
- His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.