What is Vacillate:
Hesitant is a verb that can mean move, sway or wobble a person or thing; doubt, hesitate or not be very sure about something; have fun or enjoy, or tease someone. The word, as such, comes from the Latin vacillare.
A thing that is not firm, that is unstable, wavers. For example: “The bed springs wavered when she lay down, reminding him that he had to tighten some screws.”
Someone who is not very sure about something, or whose convictions have lost solidity, hesitates: “When he learned what had happened in Germany, he wavered in his fascist ideals.”
We also hesitate when we have doubts about something, or feel indecisive: “He hesitated before signing when he remembered what his mother had told him.”
See also: Oscillate.
We also talk about hesitating colloquially with the meaning of enjoying or having fun: “We had a great time, everyone hesitated until they got tired.”
In the same way, hesitating also means teasing someone, or tricking them to make fun of them: “That salesman hesitated, this doesn’t cost ten thousand pesos.”
Synonyms of hesitate They are oscillate, stagger, sway, fluctuate; doubt, hesitate; mock or joke.
In Englishhesitate can be translated, in the sense of doubt, as to hesitate. For example: “He’s hesitating to accept” (he is hesitating to accept).
Vacillate or bacillate?
Hesitate is a verb that can mean waver, doubt, or scoff, while bacillary is an adjective that refers to what belongs to or relates to bacilli, a type of bacteria, or a variety of mineral texture. It is very common to confuse them, since they are homophonous words, that is, they are pronounced the same although they vary in their spelling.