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Postponement vs Discontinuance - What's the difference?

postponement | discontinuance |

As nouns the difference between postponement and discontinuance

is that postponement is a delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding while discontinuance is the occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.

postponement

English

Noun

(postponements)
  • A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
  • :The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.

    • discontinuance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.

    • Synonyms

    * discontinuation * termination

    Antonyms

    * continuance