Defer vs Ingress - What's the difference?
defer | ingress |
To delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book
, year=1818
, author=Mary Shelley
, title=Frankenstein
, chapter=3
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
The act of entering.
Permission to enter.
A door or other means of entering.
(astronomy) The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
To intrude or insert oneself
* {{quote-book, 1963, , The Gift: A Novel
, passage="Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet }}
* {{quote-book, 2001, Lynda Schor, chapter=My Death, Mother Reader, editor=Moyra Davey
, passage=When the tub was full I ingressed into the water gently, insinuating my body in a bit at a time, enjoying the sensual pleasure of the extreme heat on the lower part of my body
To enter (a specified location or area)
* {{quote-book, 1976, , The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Aces and Aerial Victories
, passage= "We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.}}
* {{quote-book, 1998, Michael William Donnelly, Falcon's Cry
, passage=We were ingressing the target area.}}
(intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal sign
* {{quote-journal, 1861, date=December 28, , Almanacs, All the Year Round, volume=VI
, passage=The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston,"
To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression
In intransitive terms the difference between defer and ingress
is that defer is to delay, to wait while ingress is to intrude or insert oneself.As verbs the difference between defer and ingress
is that defer is to delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service while ingress is to intrude or insert oneself.As a noun ingress is
the act of entering.As a proper noun Ingress is
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English
Etymology 1
* From (etyl) differer, from (etyl) .Verb
(deferr)- Defer the spoil of the city until night.
citation, passage=My departure for Ingolstadt, which had been deferred by these events, was now again determined upon.}}
- 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
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Noun
(es)- All ingress was prohibited.
Antonyms
* (act of entering) egress * (door or other means of entering) egressDerived terms
* ingressive * ingress traffic * ingress routerVerb
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