Hesitation vs Hesitate - What's the difference?
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An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
A faltering in speech; stammering.
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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Hesitate is a related term of hesitation.
Hesitate is a derived term of hesitation.
As a noun hesitation
is an act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.As a verb hesitate is
to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.hesitation
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(wikipedia hesitation)Alternative forms
* (chiefly archaic)Noun
(en noun)hesitate
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* (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.