The difference between Defer and Delay
When used as verbs, defer means to delay or postpone, whereas delay means to put off until a later time.
Delay is also noun with the meaning: a period of time before an event occurs.
check bellow for the other definitions of Defer and Delay
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Defer as a verb (transitive):
To delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.
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Defer as a verb (American football):
After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
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Defer as a verb (intransitive):
To delay, to wait.
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Defer as a verb (legal, intransitive):
To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
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Defer as a verb:
To render, to offer.
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Delay as a noun:
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
Examples:
"the delay before the echo of a sound"
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Delay as a noun (music):
An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
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Delay as a verb:
To put off until a later time; to defer.
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Delay as a verb:
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
Examples:
"The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow."
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Delay as a verb (obsolete):
To allay; to temper.
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Delay as a verb (obsolete):
To dilute, temper.
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Delay as a verb (obsolete):
To assuage, quench, allay.