different between defer vs defter

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??f??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??f?/
• Hyphenation: de?fer

Etymology 1

Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differ?.

Verb

defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)

1. (transitive) To delay or postpone
   1. (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
2. (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).
3. (intransitive) To delay, to wait.

Derived terms

• deferral
• deferment

Related terms

• differ

Translations

Etymology 2

From late Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), from Middle French déférer, from Latin d?fer?.

Verb

defer (third-person singular simple present defers, present participle deferring, simple past and past participle deferred)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
2. To render, to offer.
   • 1872, Daniel Brevint, Saul and Samuel at Endor

     worship deferred to the Virgin

Derived terms

• deference

Translations

Anagrams

• freed, refed

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?de?.fer/, [?d?e?f?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?de.fer/, [?d???f?r]

Verb

d?fer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?fer?

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

defter

1. comparative form of deft: more deft

Etymology 2

From Turkish defter, from Arabic ???????? (daftar), from Aramaic ???????? (defter), from Ancient Greek ??????? (diphthéra). Doublet of letter.

Noun

defter (plural defters)

1. (historical) A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire.

Related terms

• defterdar

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (daftar), from Aramaic ???????? (defter), from Ancient Greek ??????? (diphthéra).

Noun

defter

1. notebook

Declension

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?f?t??/

Noun

defter f

1. notebook

Synonyms

• lênûsk

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• t?fter

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (defter), from Arabic ???????? (daftar), from Aramaic ???????? (defter), from Ancient Greek ??????? (diphthéra).

Noun

d?fter m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. notebook
2. (accounting) books, accounting records, register
3. (historical) defter, Ottoman tax register

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (daftar), from Aramaic ???????? (defter), from Ancient Greek ??????? (diphthéra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [def?tæ?]
• Hyphenation: def?ter

Noun

defter (definite accusative defteri, plural defterler)

1. notebook

Declension

Derived terms

• amel defteri
• büyük defteri
• defteri dürülmek
• defter-i kebir