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Irresolute vs Hesitate - What's the difference?

irresolute | hesitate |

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.

irresolute

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Undecided or unsure how to act
  • Indecisive or lacking in resolution
  • Antonyms

    * resolute

    Derived terms

    * irresoluteness

    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