Deliberate vs. Spontaneous — What's the Difference?

Done with or marked by full consciousness of the nature and effects; intentional

Happening or arising without apparent external cause; self-generated

Arising from or marked by careful consideration

Arising from a natural inclination or impulse and not from forethought or prompting

Unhurried and careful

Unconstrained and unstudied in manner or behavior

To think carefully and often slowly, as about a choice to be made.

Growing without cultivation or human labor

To consult with another or others in a process of reaching a decision.

Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.

To consider (a matter) carefully and often slowly, as by weighing alternatives.

Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.

Done on purpose; intentional.

Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint.

Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.

Arising from a momentary impulse.

Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.

Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things.

Not hasty or sudden; slow.

Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor.

(transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.

Sudden, without warning.

(intransitive) To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.

Proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proposition.

Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; - applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor.

Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth.

Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result.

Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood.

Not hasty or sudden; slow.

Happening or arising without apparent external cause;

Having awareness of the likely consequences; intentional.

Said or done without having been planned or written in advance;

To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.

Produced without being planted or without human labor;

To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; - sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning.

Think about carefully; weigh;

Discuss the pros and cons of an issue

By conscious design or purpose;

With care and dignity;

Produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation;

Marked by careful consideration or reflection;

Carefully thought out in advance;