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Vacillating vs Decisive - What's the difference?

vacillating | decisive |

As adjectives the difference between vacillating and decisive

is that vacillating is liable to vacillate; wavering, irresolute while decisive is .

As a verb vacillating

is .

vacillating

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Liable to vacillate; wavering, irresolute.
  • decisive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
  • ''A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive .}}
  • Marked by promptness and decision.
  • A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.

    Synonyms

    * decided * positive * conclusive

    Antonyms

    * indecisive

    Derived terms

    * decisively * decisiveness

    References

    * (Webster 1913) * ----