hesitate vs oscillate

hesitate and oscillate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hesitate	No	No	Yes	No
oscillate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, oscillate is a hyponym of hesitate; that is, oscillate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hesitate:

hesitate: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
oscillate: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

Other hyponyms of hesitate include dwell on, linger over, boggle, hover, linger, hover, vacillate, vibrate, falter, waver.

hesitate (verb)	oscillate (verb)
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness	move or swing from side to side regularly
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing	be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action