Vacillate vs. Fluctuate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Vacillate and Fluctuate
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Vacillate
Waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive
I vacillated between teaching and journalism
Fluctuate
Rise and fall irregularly in number or amount
Trade with other countries tends to fluctuate from year to year
Vacillate
To be unable to choose between different courses of action or opinions; waver
She vacillated about whether to leave.
Fluctuate
To vary irregularly, especially in amount
School enrollment has fluctuated from year to year.
Vacillate
To change between one state and another; fluctuate
The weather vacillated between sunny and rainy.
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Fluctuate
(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
Vacillate
(Archaic) To sway from one side to the other.
Fluctuate
(intransitive) To undulate. en
Vacillate
(intransitive) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.
Fluctuate
(intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him.
Vacillate
(intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
Fluctuate
(transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
Vacillate
To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another.
Fluctuate
To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.
Vacillate
To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.
Fluctuate
To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.
Vacillate
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;
He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
Fluctuate
To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.
And fluctuate all the still perfume.
Vacillate
Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;
The line on the monitor vacillated
Fluctuate
Cause to fluctuate or move in a wave-like pattern
Fluctuate
Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;
The line on the monitor vacillated
Fluctuate
Be unstable; have ups and downs;
The stock market fluctuates
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