Difference between Pause and Hesitate

What is the difference between Pause and Hesitate?

Pause as a verb is to interrupt current work and do something else for a moment. while Hesitate as a verb is to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

Pause

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To interrupt current work and do something else for a moment.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A short time for relaxing and doing something else. A button found on players of electronic and digital media (such as a VCR or DVD player) that suspends play.

Example sentence: Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Hesitate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.To stammer; to falter in speaking.To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Example sentence: I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.

We hope you now know whether to use Pause or Hesitate in your sentence.

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