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Withhold vs Onhold - What's the difference?

withhold | onhold |

As verbs the difference between withhold and onhold

is that withhold is to keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner while onhold is (rare) to hold on (to).

withhold

English

Verb

  • To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
  • To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
  • To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

    • Synonyms

    * retain

    Derived terms

    * overwithhold * underwithhold

    onhold

    English

    Verb

  • (rare) To hold on (to).
  • *1882 , Keningale Robert Cook, The king of Kent :
    • She leaped and trembled; still onheld his gripe, And gnawed her waning life.
  • *2008 , An Apple A day:
    • Because of economic downturn, I onhold my dream first and use my lovely office's notebook IBM Thinkpad T60P as my best friend.
  • (rare) To hold on.
  • *1919 , Middlesbrough (England). Education Committee, Proceedings :
    • Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Secondary Committee onheld 8 July, 1918, be and they are hereby confirmed.

    Derived terms

    * (l)