Undecided vs Uncertain - What's the difference?
undecided | uncertain |
Open and not yet settled or determined.
Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.
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
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Not certain; unsure.
*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
*:Man, without the protection of a superior Being,is uncertain of everything that he hopes for.
Not known for certain; questionable.
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Not yet determined; undecided.
Variable and subject to change.
Fitful or unsteady.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
Unpredictable or capricious.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:O woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain , coy, and hard to please!
Uncertain is a synonym of undecided.
As adjectives the difference between undecided and uncertain
is that undecided is open and not yet settled or determined while uncertain is not certain; unsure.As a noun undecided
is a voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.undecided
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The question of man's destiny is still undecided .
- 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, indecisiveNoun
(en noun)citation