Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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hesitate | No | No | Yes | No |
linger | No | No | Yes | No |
hesitate (verb) | linger (verb) |
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pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | take one's time; proceed slowly |
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | leave slowly and hesitantly |
be about a place without any apparent purpose | |
to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time | |
remain present although waning or gradually dying |