Saunter vs Delay - What's the difference?

Saunter is a related term of delay.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between saunter and delay

is that saunter is (obsolete) a place for sauntering or strolling while delay is (obsolete) to assuage, quench, allay.

As verbs the difference between saunter and delay

is that saunter is to stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace while delay is to put off until a later time; to defer or delay can be (obsolete) to dilute, temper.

As nouns the difference between saunter and delay

is that saunter is a leisurely walk or stroll while delay is a period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

saunter

English

Verb

(en verb)

To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace

* Masson

One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.

Synonyms

* amble * stroll * wander

Noun

(en noun)

A leisurely walk or stroll.

* 1814 , Elizabeth Hervey, Amabel: Volume 1 (page 53)

Caroline

A leisurely pace.

(obsolete) A place for sauntering or strolling.

* Young

That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.

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delay

English

(wikipedia delay)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at let (to hinder), late, leave.

Verb

(en verb)

To put off until a later time; to defer.

* Bible, (w) xxiv. 48

My lord delayeth his coming.

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

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(label) To allay; to temper.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

The watery showers delay the raging wind.

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

Synonyms

* See also * adjourn * defer * forslow * postpone * put off * put on ice * suspend

Noun

(en noun)

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

the delay before the echo of a sound

* Bible, Acts xxv. 17

Without any delay , on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat.

* Macaulay

The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To dilute, temper.

(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.12:

Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […].

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