Delay vs Thwart - What's the difference?
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To put off until a later time; to defer.
* Bible, (w) xxiv. 48
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
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(label) To allay; to temper.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
* Bible, Acts xxv. 17
* Macaulay
(obsolete) To dilute, temper.
(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.12:
To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.
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, title= (obsolete) To move across or counter to; to cross.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
(nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
* Milton
(figurative) Perverse; crossgrained.
Obliquely; transversely; athwart.
Delay is a related term of thwart.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between delay and thwart
is that delay is (obsolete) to assuage, quench, allay while thwart is (obsolete) to move across or counter to; to cross.As verbs the difference between delay and thwart
is that delay is to put off until a later time; to defer or delay can be (obsolete) to dilute, temper while thwart is to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.As nouns the difference between delay and thwart
is that delay is a period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity while thwart is (nautical) a brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.As an adjective thwart is
situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.As an adverb thwart is
obliquely; transversely; athwart.delay
English
(wikipedia delay)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at let (to hinder), late, leave.Verb
(en verb)- My lord delayeth his coming.
- The watery showers delay the raging wind.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* See also * adjourn * defer * forslow * postpone * put off * put on ice * suspendNoun
(en noun)- the delay before the echo of a sound
- Without any delay , on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat.
- The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].
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English
Verb
(en verb)- The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
citation, passage=More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.}}
Arsenal 1-0 Everton, passage=Everton were now firmly on the back foot and it required some sharp work from Johnny Heitinga and Phil Jagielka to thwart Walcott and Thomas Vermaelen.}}
- Swift as a shooting star / In autumn thwarts the night.
Synonyms
* See also * foil, frustrate, impede, spoilDerived terms
* athwart * athwartships * thwarter * thwartsomeNoun
(en noun)- A well made doughout canoe rarely needs a thwart .
- The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Moved contrary with thwart obliquities.
- (Shakespeare)
Adverb
(-)- (Milton)