Preempt vs Postpone - What's the difference?
preempt | postpone |
to appropriate something (before someone else does)
to displace something, or take precedence over something
(bridge) to make a preemptive bid at bridge
To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
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As verbs the difference between preempt and postpone
is that preempt is (nonstandard) while postpone is to delay or put off an event, appointment etc.preempt
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Alternative forms
* pre-empt *Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* preemptive * preemptor * preemptoryAnagrams
* English words with vowel pseudo-digraphspostpone
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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.”}}