Postpone vs. Procrastinate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Postpone and Procrastinate
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Postpone
Cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled
The visit had to be postponed for some time
He postponed implementing the scheme until industry and business were consulted
Procrastinate
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
Postpone
To cause or arrange for (an event) to take place at a time later than the time at which it was originally supposed to happen.
Procrastinate
To postpone or delay needlessly.
Postpone
To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
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Procrastinate
(intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later.
He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
Postpone
(obsolete) To place after in order; to deem less important.
Procrastinate
(transitive) To put off; to delay (something).
Postpone
To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.
His praise postponed, and never to be paid.
Procrastinate
To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend,But to procrastinate his lifeless end.
Postpone
To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this.
Procrastinate
To delay; to be dilatory.
I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago.
Postpone
Hold back to a later time;
Let's postpone the exam
Procrastinate
Postpone doing what one should be doing;
He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
Procrastinate
Postpone or delay needlessly;
He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
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