Adjourn vs Put_off - What's the difference?
adjourn | put_off | Synonyms |
To postpone.
To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
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To end or suspend an event.
(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
To procrastinate
to delay (a task, event, or deadline)
to offend, repulse, or frighten
offended, repulsed
daunted or fazed
Adjourn is a synonym of put_off.
In lang=en terms the difference between adjourn and put_off
is that adjourn is to end or suspend an event while put_off is to offend, repulse, or frighten.As verbs the difference between adjourn and put_off
is that adjourn is to postpone while put_off is to procrastinate.As an adjective put_off is
offended, repulsed.adjourn
English
Verb
(en verb)- The trial was adjourned for a week.
- It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
- The court will adjourn for lunch.
- After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.
See also
* adjournmentput_off
English
Verb
- Don't put off your homework to the last minute.
- Don't put''' your homework '''off to the last minute.
- Don't put''' it '''off to the last minute.
- Don't put''' it '''off .
- The storm put off the game by a week.
- The storm put''' the game '''off by a week.
- Almost drowning put''' him '''off swimming.
Usage notes
* The object in all senses can come before or after the particle, except that personal pronouns nearly always precede the particle.Derived terms
* off-putting * put-off (noun)Adjective
- The guest was quite put off by an odor.
- All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.