Defer vs Put_off - What's the difference?
defer | put_off | Related terms |
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
To procrastinate
to delay (a task, event, or deadline)
to offend, repulse, or frighten
offended, repulsed
daunted or fazed
Defer is a related term of put_off.
In lang=en terms the difference between defer and put_off
is that defer is to delay, to wait while put_off is to offend, repulse, or frighten.As verbs the difference between defer and put_off
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 put_off is to procrastinate.As an adjective put_off is
offended, repulsed.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
* * ----put_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.
