Shelve vs Defer - What's the difference?
shelve | defer |
to place on a shelf
to store, set aside, quit, or halt
To furnish with shelves.
(Wales, slang) to have sex with
A rocky ledge or shelf.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.181:
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
In transitive terms the difference between shelve and defer
is that shelve is to store, set aside, quit, or halt while defer is to delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.As a noun shelve
is a rocky ledge or shelf.shelve
English
Verb
(shelv)- The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.
- They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.
- to shelve a closet or a library
Synonyms
* (set aside) pigeonhole, tableNoun
(en noun)- And all was stillness, save the sea-bird's cry, / And dolphin's leap, and little billow crossed / By some low rock or shelve , that made it fret / Against the boundary it scarcely wet.
Anagrams
*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