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Onhold vs Postponed - What's the difference?

onhold | postponed |

As verbs the difference between onhold and postponed

is that onhold is (rare) to hold on (to) while postponed is (postpone).

As an adjective postponed is

done later than originally planned; delayed.

onhold

English

Verb

  • (rare) To hold on (to).
  • *1882 , Keningale Robert Cook, The king of Kent :
    • She leaped and trembled; still onheld his gripe, And gnawed her waning life.
  • *2008 , An Apple A day:
    • Because of economic downturn, I onhold my dream first and use my lovely office's notebook IBM Thinkpad T60P as my best friend.
  • (rare) To hold on.
  • *1919 , Middlesbrough (England). Education Committee, Proceedings :
    • Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Secondary Committee onheld 8 July, 1918, be and they are hereby confirmed.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    postponed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (postpone)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Done later than originally planned; delayed.