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Postponed vs Pending - What's the difference?

postponed | pending |

As verbs the difference between postponed and pending

is that postponed is past tense of postpone while pending is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between postponed and pending

is that postponed is done later than originally planned; delayed while pending is awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.

As a preposition pending is

while waiting for something; until.

postponed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (postpone)

    • Adjective

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

    • pending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
  • begun but not completed
  • about to happen; imminent or impending

    • See also

    * impending

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • While waiting for something; until.