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Demur vs. Defer — What's the Difference?

Demur vs. Defer — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Demur and Defer

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Demur

Raise objections or show reluctance
Normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred

Defer

Put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone
They deferred the decision until February

Demur

The action of objecting to or hesitating over something
They accepted this ruling without demur

Defer

Submit to or acknowledge the merit of
He deferred to Tim's superior knowledge

Demur

To voice opposition; object
Demurred at the suggestion.
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Defer

To put off; postpone.

Demur

(Law) To enter a demurrer.

Defer

To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft).

Demur

(Archaic) To delay.

Defer

To submit to the wish or decision of another, as in recognition of authority.

Demur

The act of demurring.

Defer

To commit or entrust to another
The principal deferred the decision to the school board.

Demur

An objection.

Defer

(transitive) To delay or postpone

Demur

To linger; to stay; to tarry

Defer

To postpone induction into military service.

Demur

(intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

Defer

(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).

Demur

(intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
I demur to that statement.
The personnel demurred at the management's new scheme.

Defer

(intransitive) To delay, to wait.

Demur

To interpose a demurrer.

Defer

(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

Demur

To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about

Defer

To render, to offer.

Demur

To cause delay to; to put off

Defer

To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Defer the spoil of the city until night.
God . . . will not long deferTo vindicate the glory of his name.

Demur

An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop.

Defer

To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure.

Demur

To linger; to stay; to tarry.
Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.

Defer

To render or offer.
Worship deferred to the Virgin.

Demur

To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur.

Defer

To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; - with to.
Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.

Demur

To scruple or object; to take exception, especailly on the basis of scruple or modesty; as, I demur to that statement; they wanted to make him president, but he demurred.
When introduced as the world's smartest man, he was not inclined to demur.

Defer

To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; - with to.
The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced.

Demur

To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.

Defer

Hold back to a later time;
Let's postpone the exam

Demur

To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
The latter I demur, for in their looksMuch reason, and in their actions, oft appears.

Defer

Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion;
The government bowed to the military pressure

Demur

To cause delay to; to put off.
He demands a fee,And then demurs me with a vain delay.

Demur

Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
All my demurs but double his attacks;At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks."

Demur

(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings

Demur

Take exception to;
He demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday

Demur

Enter a demurrer

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