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Indecision vs Hesitate - What's the difference?

indecision | hesitate |

As a noun indecision

is indecision, quandary.

As a verb hesitate is

to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

indecision

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist.
  • * 1903 , , chapter 21:
    • There was no indecision or delay in the establishment of their relations; Rebecca's heart flew like an arrow to its mark, and her mind, meeting its superior, settled at once into an abiding attitude of respectful homage.

    Synonyms

    * (inability to decide) indecisiveness

    hesitate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (hesitat)
  • To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
    • He hesitated''' whether to accept the offer or not; men often '''hesitate in forming a judgment.
    (Alexander Pope)
  • To stammer; to falter in speaking.
  • (transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
  • *
    • Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Synonyms

    * deliberate * demur * doubt * falter * mammer * scruple * stammer * waver

    Derived terms

    * hesitant * hesitation

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