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Procrastination vs Avoidance - What's the difference?

procrastination | avoidance |

As nouns the difference between procrastination and avoidance

is that procrastination is the act of postponing]], delaying or [[put off|putting off, especially habitually or intentionally while avoidance is the act of annulling; annulment.

procrastination

English

(wikipedia procrastination)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act of postponing]], delaying or [[put off, putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
  • * 1742 , I, 1, 393
    • Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled.

    Derived terms

    * procrastination is the thief of time

    avoidance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * avoidaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of annulling; annulment.
  • The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; – specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
  • A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
  • The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • Any thing that is to be avoided
  • The courts by which anything is carried off.