Stutter vs Hesitate - What's the difference?
stutter | hesitate |
(ambitransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
To exhaust a gas with difficulty
A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
(obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.
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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In lang=en terms the difference between stutter and hesitate
is that stutter is to exhaust a gas with difficulty while hesitate is to stammer; to falter in speaking.As verbs the difference between stutter and hesitate
is that stutter is (ambitransitive) to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds while hesitate is to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.As a noun stutter
is a speech disorder characterised by stuttering.stutter
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(wikipedia stutter)Verb
(en verb)- He stuttered a few words of thanks.
- The engine of the old car stuttered''' going up the slope. I was '''stuttering after the marathon .
Synonyms
* (speak with spasmodic repetition) stammerNoun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* stammerDerived terms
* covert stutter * pseudostuttering * stutterer English reporting verbshesitate
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Alternative forms
* (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.