Lag vs. Delay

Lagadjective

late

Lagadjective

(obsolete) Last; long-delayed.

Lagadjective

Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

Lagnoun

(countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.

Lagnoun

(uncountable) Delay; latency.

Lagnoun

One sentenced to transportation for a crime.

Lagnoun

a prisoner, a criminal.

Lagnoun

(snooker) A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.

Lagnoun

One who lags; that which comes in last.

Lagnoun

The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

Lagnoun

A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.

Lagnoun

A bird, the greylag.

Lagverb

to fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind

Lagverb

to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material

Lagverb

To transport as a punishment for crime.

Lagverb

(transitive) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Lagadjective

Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

Lagadjective

Last; long-delayed; - obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.

Lagadjective

Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

Lagnoun

One who lags; that which comes in last.

Lagnoun

The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

Lagnoun

The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.

Lagnoun

A stave of a cask, drum, etc.;

Lagnoun

See Graylag.

Lagnoun

The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force (hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which produced it.

Lagnoun

One transported for a crime.

Lagverb

To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.

Lagverb

To cause to lag; to slacken.

Lagverb

To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.

Lagverb

To transport for crime.

Lagnoun

the act of slowing down or falling behind

Lagnoun

the time between one event, process, or period and another

Lagnoun

one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

Lagverb

hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

Lagverb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;

Lagverb

throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

Lagverb

cover with lagging to prevent heat loss;

Lag

In online gaming, lag is a noticeable delay (latency) between the action of players (input) and the reaction of the server supporting the game, which has to be sent back to the client. The player's ability to tolerate lag depends on the type of game being played.

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.