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Postponement vs Stoppage - What's the difference?

postponement | stoppage |

As nouns the difference between postponement and stoppage

is that postponement is a delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding while stoppage is a pause or halt of some activity.

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.

    • stoppage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pause or halt of some activity.
  • Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity, a blockage.