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reluctance vs reluctant

reluctant vs reluctance

reluctance is a noun but reluctant is not a noun.

reluctance is not an adjective while reluctant is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reluctance Yes No No No
reluctant No Yes No No
reluctance (noun) reluctant (noun)
a certain degree of unwillingness
(physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
reluctance (adjective) reluctant (adjective)
disinclined to become involved
not eager
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
Difference between reluctance and reluctant

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