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Delayed vs Belayed - What's the difference?

delayed | belayed |

As verbs the difference between delayed and belayed

is that delayed is past tense of delay while belayed is past tense of belay.

delayed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (delay)

    • 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.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10 , passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed , and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.}}
  • (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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    belayed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (belay)

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    belay

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose.
  • (obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
  • * Spenser
    • jacket belayed with silver lace
  • (obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
  • (obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
  • To make (a rope) fast by turning it round a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
  • To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
    • He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.
  • To lay aside; stop; cancel.
    • I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.
    Belay that order!
  • (nautical)
  • (nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
  • (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
  • (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner.