Deferred vs. Waitlisted — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deferred and Waitlisted
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Definitions
Deferred➦
Postponed or delayed
Deferred gratification.
Deferred military draft.
Waitlisted➦
A waiting list.
Deferred➦
Withheld until a future date
Deferred benefits.
A deferred payment.
Waitlisted➦
To put on a waiting list.
Deferred➦
Simple past tense and past participle of defer
Waitlisted➦
Simple past tense and past participle of waitlist
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Deferred➦
Delayed; put off till later.
Requested a deferred payment
Deferred➦
Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.
The decision was deferred to the regional manager
Deferred➦
(accounting) Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.
Deferred➦
(programming) promise
Deferred➦
(finance) A deferred bond.
Deferred➦
Put off to later;
Requested a deferred payment
Our postponed trip
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