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Withheld vs Setaside - What's the difference?

withheld | setaside |

As a verb withheld

is (withhold).

As an adjective withheld

is that one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another.

As a noun setaside is

an amount of money or resources put aside for a specific purpose.

withheld

English

Verb

(head)
  • (withhold)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • That one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another.
    • His withheld hand stared down at my weakly outstretched one.
    The names originally withheld from the report, have been leaked.
    The former employee returned to demand his withheld check.

    Synonyms

    * (kept from knowledge ): confidential, secret

    setaside

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount of money or resources put aside for a specific purpose.
  • * 1992 , Paula Duggan, Making sense of federal dollars (page 27)
    • Setasides are stated either in dollar amounts or as a percentage of total funds; in either case, setasides are taken "off the top" of the program's funds.

    See also

    * earmark