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Forebearance vs Holdoff - What's the difference?

forebearance | holdoff |

As nouns the difference between forebearance and holdoff

is that forebearance is while holdoff is a fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects.

forebearance

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • holdoff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects.
    • The ladder holdoff enabled him to clean the gutters easily without the ladder's weight damaging them.
  • A delay or forebearance.
    • There was a three-month holdoff in the decision.

    See also

    * standoff