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Reluctant vs. Reticent — What's the Difference?

Reluctant vs. Reticent — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Reluctant and Reticent

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Reluctant

Unwilling; disinclined
Reluctant to help.

Reticent

Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself.

Reluctant

Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness
Reluctant cooperation.

Reticent

Restrained or reserved
“The laughter was steady, if reticent” (Bernard Lown).

Reluctant

(Archaic) Offering resistance; opposing.
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Reticent

Usage Problem Reluctant; unwilling.

Reluctant

Opposing; offering resistance (to).

Reticent

Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

Reluctant

Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.
She was reluctant to lend him the money
Surprisingly, our new dog is a reluctant ball-retriever.

Reticent

(proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).

Reluctant

(regular expressions) Tending to match as little text as possible.

Reticent

Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

Reluctant

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
Reluctant, but in vain.
Reluctant now I touched the trembling string.

Reticent

Temperamentally disinclined to talk

Reluctant

Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience.

Reticent

Cool and formal in manner

Reluctant

Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom;
A reluctant smile
Loath to admit a mistake
Unwilling to face facts

Reticent

Reluctant to draw attention to yourself

Reluctant

Unwilling to become involved;
They were usually reluctant to socialize
Reluctant to help

Reluctant

Not eager;
Foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways
Fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him
Reluctant to help

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