different between volition vs volunteer

English

Etymology

From French volition, from Medieval Latin voliti? (“will, volition”), from Latin vol? (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose; to want”)) + -ti? (“suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (“suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??l??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vo??l??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: vo?li?tion

Noun

volition (countable and uncountable, plural volitions)

1. A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.]
2. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
3. (linguistics) A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

Derived terms

• volitional
• volitionally

Related terms

• voluntarism
• voluntarist
• volunteer

Translations

Further reading

• volition (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• volition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin voliti? (“will, volition”), from Latin vol? (“I wish, I will”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.li.sj??/

Noun

volition f (plural volitions)

1. (philosophy, psychology) volition

See also

• volonté

Further reading

• “volition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French voluntaire, from Latin volunt?rius (“willing, voluntary”); or from voluntary +? -eer.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /v?l.?n?t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v?l.?n?t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: vol?un?teer

Noun

volunteer (plural volunteers)

1. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.
2. (military) One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
3. (law) A person who acts out of their own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
4. (botany, agriculture) A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.
5. A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.

Related terms

• voluntarism
• voluntarist
• volunteership

Translations

Verb

volunteer (third-person singular simple present volunteers, present participle volunteering, simple past and past participle volunteered)

1. (intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.

   to volunteer for doing the dishes

3. (transitive) To offer, usually unprompted.

   to volunteer an explanation

4. (intransitive, botany) To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
5. (transitive, informal) To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.

   My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.

Translations

References

• volunteer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.