Procrastinate vs Tarry - What's the difference?
procrastinate | tarry |
To put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later.
To put off; to delay (something).
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To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
To stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.
To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
* Shakespeare
* Sir Walter Scott
A sojourn.
Resembling tar.
Covered with tar.
In intransitive terms the difference between procrastinate and tarry
is that procrastinate is to put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later while tarry is to stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.In transitive terms the difference between procrastinate and tarry
is that procrastinate is to put off; to delay (something) while tarry is to wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.As a noun tarry is
a sojourn.As an adjective tarry is
resembling tar.procrastinate
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Verb
(procrastinat)- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
Derived terms
* procrastination * procrastinatorSee also
* carpe diem cras * perendinateExternal links
* * * ----tarry
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Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Etymology 1
From (etyl) tarien, .Verb
(en-verb)- It is true that the Messiah will come, though he may tarry . (
Hitchens
quoting translated Maimonides)
- He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding.
- He plodded on, tarrying no further question.