Difference between Willing and Volition

What is the difference between Willing and Volition?

Willing as a noun is the execution of a will. while Volition as a noun is a conscious choice or decision.

Willing

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To wish, desire.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The execution of a will.

Example sentence: We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

Volition

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A conscious choice or decision.The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.

Example sentence: Any creation of art is conceived and born under influences, amidst the atmosphere of reverie and the most customary volition of the artist. It is there, in any case, that his work arises from.

We hope you now know whether to use Willing or Volition in your sentence.

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