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Vacillate vs Waffling - What's the difference?

vacillate | waffling |

As verbs the difference between vacillate and waffling

is that vacillate is to sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate while waffling is (to ramble on without a point; to argue a point without substantial evidence or a clear opinion).

As a noun waffling is

a repetitive speech or response to a question.

vacillate

English

Verb

(vacillat)
  • To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.
  • * 1910:
    • 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; [...]
  • To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
  • * 2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
    • On the streets of Berlin, Ruth and her compatriots vacillated "between hope and despair."

    Synonyms

    * (to sway from one side to the other) stagger * (to swing indecisively) blow hot and cold, waffle

    Related terms

    * vacillant * vacillating * vacillation * vacillator * vacillatory

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    waffling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A repetitive speech or response to a question.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (To ramble on without a point; to argue a point without substantial evidence or a clear opinion.)
  • :"Brad and Nicole were waffling in humanities class because they didn't know the answer."