Procrastinate vs Vacillate - What's the difference?
procrastinate | vacillate |
To put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later.
To put off; to delay (something).
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To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.
* 1910:
To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
* 2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
In lang=en terms the difference between procrastinate and vacillate
is that procrastinate is to put off; to delay (something) while vacillate is to swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.As verbs the difference between procrastinate and vacillate
is that procrastinate is to put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later while vacillate is to sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.procrastinate
English
Verb
(procrastinat)- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
Derived terms
* procrastination * procrastinatorSee also
* carpe diem cras * perendinateExternal links
* * * ----vacillate
English
Verb
(vacillat)- Its [the barometer's] normal register in the Paumotus [the Tuamotus] was 29.90, and it was quite customary to see it vacillate between 29.85 and 30.00, or even 30.05; [...]
- On the streets of Berlin, Ruth and her compatriots vacillated "between hope and despair."
