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Ambivalent vs Indecisive - What's the difference?

ambivalent | indecisive |

Indecisive is a synonym of ambivalent.



As adjectives the difference between ambivalent and indecisive

is that ambivalent is simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations while indecisive is not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.

ambivalent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Simultaneously]] experiencing or expressing [[oppose, opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
  • Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

    • Synonyms

    * (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings) conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved * (alternately feeling opposing feelings) vacillating, fluctuating, wavering

    Related terms

    () * ambiguous * ambivalence * ambivalently * equivalent

    indecisive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.
    • They were all being very indecisive about what to wear to the party.
  • inconclusive or uncertain
    • The outcome of the race was so indecisive .

    Antonyms

    * decisive

    Derived terms

    * indecisiveness * indecisively

    Related terms

    * indecision