Postpone vs. Delay

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Postponeverb

To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.

Postponeverb

To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.

Postponeverb

To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.

Postponeverb

hold back to a later time;

Postponeverb

cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled

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.

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