Postpone vs Put_off - What's the difference?
postpone | put_off | Related terms |
To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
*, chapter=7
, title= To procrastinate
to delay (a task, event, or deadline)
to offend, repulse, or frighten
offended, repulsed
daunted or fazed
Postpone is a related term of put_off.
As verbs the difference between postpone and put_off
is that postpone is to delay or put off an event, appointment etc while put_off is to procrastinate.As an adjective put_off is
offended, repulsed.postpone
English
Verb
(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.”}}
Synonyms
* adjourn, defer, delay, forestay, procrastinate, put off, put on ice, stay, suspendAntonyms
* advance * hasten * prepone (India )put_off
English
Verb
- Don't put off your homework to the last minute.
- Don't put''' your homework '''off to the last minute.
- Don't put''' it '''off to the last minute.
- Don't put''' it '''off .
- The storm put off the game by a week.
- The storm put''' the game '''off by a week.
- Almost drowning put''' him '''off swimming.
Usage notes
* The object in all senses can come before or after the particle, except that personal pronouns nearly always precede the particle.Derived terms
* off-putting * put-off (noun)Adjective
- The guest was quite put off by an odor.
- All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.
