Delay vs. Cancel
Delaynoun
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
Delaynoun
(music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
Delayverb
To put off until a later time; to defer.
Delayverb
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
Delayverb
(obsolete) To allay; to temper.
Delayverb
(obsolete) To dilute, temper.
Delayverb
(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.
Delaynoun
A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
Delayverb
To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
Delayverb
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
Delayverb
To allay; to temper.
Delayverb
To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
Delaynoun
time during which some action is awaited;
Delaynoun
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Delayverb
cause to be slowed down or delayed;
Delayverb
act later than planned, scheduled, or required;
Delayverb
stop or halt;
Delayverb
slow the growth or development of;
Delayverb
make (someone or something) late or slow
Delayverb
be late or slow; loiter
Delayverb
postpone or defer (an action)
Delaynoun
a period of time by which something is late or postponed
Delaynoun
the action of delaying or being delayed
Delaynoun
the time interval between the propagation of an electrical signal and its reception.
Delaynoun
an electronic device which introduces a delay, especially in an audio signal.
Cancelverb
(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
Cancelverb
(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
Cancelverb
(transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
Cancelverb
(transitive) To offset or equalize something.
Cancelverb
To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
Cancelverb
To stop production of a programme.
Cancelverb
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
Cancelverb
(obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
Cancelverb
(slang) To kill.
Cancelnoun
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
Cancelnoun
(Internet) A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
Cancelnoun
(obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
Cancelnoun
(printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
Cancelnoun
(printing) The page thus suppressed.
Cancelnoun
(printing) The page that replaces it.
Cancelverb
To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
Cancelverb
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
Cancelverb
To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.
Cancelverb
To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.
Cancelverb
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
Cancelnoun
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.
Cancelnoun
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
Cancelnoun
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Cancelverb
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;
Cancelverb
make up for;
Cancelverb
declare null and void; make ineffective;
Cancelverb
remove or make invisible;
Cancelverb
of cheques or tickets
