Oscillate vs. Vacillate

Oscillateverb

(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

Oscillateverb

(intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.

Oscillateverb

(intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value.

Oscillateverb

To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

Oscillateverb

To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.

Oscillateverb

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;

Oscillateverb

move or swing from side to side regularly;

Oscillateverb

move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm

Oscillateverb

vary or fluctuate between two states, limits, opinions, etc.

Oscillateverb

vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner about a central point.

Oscillateverb

(of a circuit or device) cause the electric current or voltage running through it to vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner about a central point.

Vacillateverb

(intransitive) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.

Vacillateverb

(intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Vacillateverb

To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

Vacillateverb

To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.

Vacillateverb

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;

Vacillateverb

move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;

Vacillateverb

waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive