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Intermit vs Hesitate - What's the difference?

intermit | hesitate | Related terms |

Intermit is a related term of hesitate.


As verbs the difference between intermit and hesitate

is that intermit is to interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend while hesitate is to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

intermit

English

Verb

(intermitt)
  • To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
  • *, vol. I, New York 2001, p.243:
  • *:Idlenessof body is nothing but a kind of of benumbing laziness, intermitting exercise, which, if we may believe Fernelius, “[…] makes them unapt to do anything whatever.”
  • * Shakespeare
    • Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.

    Derived terms

    * intermittence * intermittency * intermittent

    Related terms

    * intermission

    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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