Postpone vs Lengthen - What's the difference?
postpone | lengthen |
To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
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As verbs the difference between postpone and lengthen
is that postpone is to delay or put off an event, appointment etc while lengthen is to make longer, to extend the length of.postpone
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(postpon)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}