different between vigilance vs deliberation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vigilance, from Latin vigilantia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?d??l?ns/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?v?d??l?ns/

Noun

vigilance (usually uncountable, plural vigilances)

1. Alert watchfulness.
2. Close and continuous attention.
   • 1837 March 4, Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address

     But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

3. (obsolete) A guard; a person set to watch.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vigilant

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilantia; equivalent to vigile +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.?i.l??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

vigilance f (plural vigilances)

1. vigilance

Further reading

• “vigilance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberatioMorphologically deliberate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l?b???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: de?lib?er?a?tion

Noun

deliberation (countable and uncountable, plural deliberations)

1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
   • 1863, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, 72

     The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest.

2. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure

Derived terms

• deliberational
• predeliberation

Translations

Middle French

Noun

deliberation f (plural deliberations)

1. deliberation; contemplation

Descendants

• French: délibération