does anyone know what different between postpone and delay?

执迷不悔

When I write a report, some project were postponed/delayed? what is the different?

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Xbfeng

They certainly have similar meanings, but they are not interchangeable in many cases.
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( F$ u* v3 r8 x- S9 x2 s7 w* rIf something will be pushed back in time by a few hours, it's delayed. For example, weather can delay the departure of a plane.
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0 y5 Q) j; r* D2 T! EWhen something is pushed back to a specific date, days or even weeks later, it's postponed. A business meeting might be postponed because one of the key people got called out of town.
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) A6 |  ~8 i5 c0 b) cOn the other hand, something like a product that is supposed to be released can be "delayed" (not postponed) for months.

vikkipost

又学到了有用的词汇知识！

billzhao

They certainly have similar meanings, but they are not interchangeable in many cases.
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If something will be pushed back in time by a few hours, it's delayed. For example, weather can delay the depar ...
Xbfeng 发表于 2009-6-4 17:32

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WELL EXPLAINED

执迷不悔

PTL

感觉是从上级那里来DELAY，都是POSTPONE，下级那里来的就成了DELAY了。因为有人可以BLAME了。哈哈。。。