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Prolong vs Procrastination - What's the difference?

prolong | procrastination |

As a verb prolong

is (label) to extend in space or length.

As a noun procrastination is

the act of postponing]], delaying or [[put off|putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

prolong

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To extend in space or length.
  • (label) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged . In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}
  • (label) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.

    • Derived terms

    * prolongable * prolongation * prolonger * prolongment

    References

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    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