different between hesitation vs consideration

English

Alternative forms

• hæsitation (chiefly archaic) [18^th–19^th C.]

Etymology

From Latin haesit?ti?nem, accusative singular of haesit?ti? (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesit? (“hesitate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /h?z??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

hesitation (countable and uncountable, plural hesitations)

1. An act of hesitating
2. doubt; vacillation.

3. A faltering in speech; stammering.

Synonyms

• (act of hesitating): cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
• (doubt, vacillation): irresolution, wavering

Related terms

• hesitate

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French consideracion, from Latin c?ns?der?ti?. Synchronically analyzable as consider +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d???e???n/
• Hyphenation: con?sid?er?ation
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

consideration (countable and uncountable, plural considerations)

1. The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).

   Synonyms: deliberation, thought
2. Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.

   Synonyms: factor, motive, reason

3. The tendency to consider others.

4. A payment or other recompense for something done.

5. (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
6. Importance, claim to notice, regard.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54

     [...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration.

Related terms

Translations

Middle French

Noun

consideration f (plural considerations)

1. Alternative form of consyderation