Delay vs. Duration
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.
Durationnoun
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
Durationnoun
(in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
Durationnoun
(finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
Durationnoun
The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.
Durationnoun
the period of time during which something continues
Durationnoun
the property of enduring or continuing in time
Durationnoun
continuance in time;
