Carryover vs Postpone - What's the difference?
carryover | postpone |
Something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time
An amount, especially a sum of money, transferred to a new column in a ledger, or applied to a later time
To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
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As a noun carryover
is something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time.As a verb postpone is
to delay or put off an event, appointment etc.carryover
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(en noun)Quotations
* 1980 Daniel T. Morrow - The Economics of the International Stockholding of Wheat *: First, as a general rule, carryover stocks are, held in countries that have lower carrying costs, which are probably exporting countries because they enjoy lower prices. * 1992 Vic Campbell - Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralists *: The “Black Shoe” title is a carryover from the days of coal-burning ships . . .postpone
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(postpon)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}