Irresolute vs Hesitate - What's the difference?
irresolute | hesitate |
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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As an adjective irresolute
is undecided or unsure how to act.As a verb hesitate is
to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.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.