Delay vs Put_off - What's the difference?

Delay is a related term of put_off.

As verbs the difference between delay and put_off

is that delay is to put off until a later time; to defer or delay can be (obsolete) to dilute, temper while put_off is to procrastinate.

As a noun delay

is a period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

As an adjective put_off is

offended, repulsed.

delay

English

(wikipedia delay)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at let (to hinder), late, leave.

Verb

(en verb)

To put off until a later time; to defer.

* Bible, (w) xxiv. 48

My lord delayeth his coming.

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

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(label) To allay; to temper.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

The watery showers delay the raging wind.

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

Synonyms

* See also * adjourn * defer * forslow * postpone * put off * put on ice * suspend

Noun

(en noun)

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

the delay before the echo of a sound

* Bible, Acts xxv. 17

Without any delay , on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat.

* Macaulay

The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To dilute, temper.

(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.12:

Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].

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put_off

English

Verb

To procrastinate

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 .

to delay (a task, event, or deadline)

The storm put off the game by a week.

The storm put''' the game '''off by a week.

to offend, repulse, or frighten

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

offended, repulsed

The guest was quite put off by an odor.

daunted or fazed

All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.