different between willing vs volition

English

Etymology

• (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan
• (noun): Old English willung, from willian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?l??/
• Hyphenation: will?ing
• Rhymes: -?l??

Adjective

willing (comparative more willing, superlative most willing)

1. Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.

Synonyms

• agreeable, agreeing, consenting, voluntary; See also Thesaurus:acquiescent

Derived terms

• willing horse
• willingly
• willingness

Translations

Noun

willing (plural willings)

1. (rare or obsolete) The execution of a will.

Verb

willing

1. present participle of will

Further reading

• willing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• willing in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From French volition, from Medieval Latin voliti? (“will, volition”), from Latin vol? (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose; to want”)) + -ti? (“suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (“suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??l??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vo??l??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: vo?li?tion

Noun

volition (countable and uncountable, plural volitions)

1. A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.]
2. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
3. (linguistics) A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

Derived terms

• volitional
• volitionally

Related terms

• voluntarism
• voluntarist
• volunteer

Translations

Further reading

• volition (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• volition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• volition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin voliti? (“will, volition”), from Latin vol? (“I wish, I will”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.li.sj??/

Noun

volition f (plural volitions)

1. (philosophy, psychology) volition

See also

• volonté

Further reading

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