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Undecided vs Hesitating - What's the difference?

undecided | hesitating | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between undecided and hesitating

is that undecided is a voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision while hesitating is hesitation.

As an adjective undecided

is open and not yet settled or determined.

As a verb hesitating is

present participle of lang=en.

undecided

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Open and not yet settled or determined.
    • The question of man's destiny is still undecided .
  • Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.
    • The result of the election is in doubt because of a large number of undecided voters.

    Synonyms

    * (open and not yet settled) indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive * ambivalent, irresolute, of two minds, indecisive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 17, author=Jennifer Finney Boylan, title=At the Maine Caucuses, a Tough Nut to Crack, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The real drama came as these two camps fought for undecideds , who literally found themselves in the middle. }}

    hesitating

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • hesitation
  • * (Charles Dickens)
    • Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two,