Deferment vs Deferent - What's the difference?
deferment | deferent |
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.
Showing deference.
(obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
* Francis Bacon
An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
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As nouns the difference between deferment and deferent
is that deferment is an act or instance of deferring or putting off while deferent is that which carries or conveys.As an adjective deferent is
showing deference.deferment
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* deferralAnagrams
*deferent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Bodies deferent .
Derived terms
* deferentlyNoun
(en noun)- Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.