Defer vs Frist - What's the difference?
defer | frist |
To delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.
* Shakespeare
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to delay, to wait
* Milton
(American football) to choose to kick off after winning the opening coin toss.
(legal) To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
* Francis Bacon
* 1899 ,
to render, to offer
* Brevint
(obsolete) A certain space or period of time; respite.
A delay; respite.
Credit; trust.
To sell (goods) on trust or credit.
To grant respite.
To give a debtor credit or time for payment.
To defer; postpone.
As verbs the difference between defer and frist
is that defer is to delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service or defer can be (legal) to submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority while frist is to sell (goods) on trust or credit.As a noun frist is
(obsolete) a certain space or period of time; respite.defer
English
Etymology 1
* From (etyl) differer, from (etyl) .Verb
(deferr)- Defer the spoil of the city until night.
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- God will not long defer / To vindicate the glory of his name.
Derived terms
* deferralEtymology 2
* From (etyl)Verb
(deferr)- Hereupon the commissioners deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.
- "Well, I must defer to your judgment. You are captain," he said with marked civility.
- worship deferred to the Virgin
Derived terms
* deferenceAnagrams
* * ----frist
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) *. See also (l).Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) *.Verb
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