Deferred vs Procrastinate - What's the difference?
deferred | procrastinate |
Of or pertaining to delay of an action.
Of or pertaining to yielding to someone else's decision or judgment.
(accounting) Of or pertaining to a value that is not realized until a future date, e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, income, either as an asset or liability.
(defer)
To put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later.
To put off; to delay (something).
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As verbs the difference between deferred and procrastinate
is that deferred is past tense of defer while procrastinate is to put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later.As an adjective deferred
is of or pertaining to delay of an action.deferred
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- requested a deferred payment
Synonyms
* (delay of action) delayed, postponed * (give way to someone) acquiescedVerb
(head)procrastinate
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Verb
(procrastinat)- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.