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Respite vs Deffered - What's the difference?

respite | deffered |

As a noun respite

is a brief interval of rest or relief.

As a verb respite

is to delay or postpone.

As an adjective deffered is

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respite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A brief interval of rest or relief.
  • * Denham
  • Some pause and respite only I require.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I crave but four day's respite .
  • *, chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite , and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
  • * 2013 May 23, (Sarah Lyall), " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
  • Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
  • (legal) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
  • (legal) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To delay or postpone.
  • deffered

    English

    Adjective

    (head)