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Postponed vs Cancelled - What's the difference?

postponed | cancelled |

As verbs the difference between postponed and cancelled

is that postponed is past tense of postpone while cancelled is past tense of cancel.

As adjectives the difference between postponed and cancelled

is that postponed is done later than originally planned; delayed while cancelled is no longer planned or scheduled.

postponed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (postpone)

    • Adjective

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

    • cancelled

    English

    Alternative forms

    * canceled (US)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cancel)
    • The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • No longer planned or scheduled.
    • The cancelled show would have drawn 5,000 fans.
  • (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.