different between postpone vs adjourn

English

Etymology

From Latin postp?n? (“I put after; I postpone”) from post (“after”) + p?n? (“I put; I place”), compare forestall.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /po?st?po?n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

postpone (third-person singular simple present postpones, present participle postponing, simple past and past participle postponed)

1. To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.

   Synonyms: defer, delay, forestay, procrastinate, put off, put on ice, stay, suspend, posticipate

   Antonyms: advance, hasten, prepone (India), antedate, bring forward, expedite

Coordinate terms

• adjourn

Translations

Latin

Verb

postp?ne

1. second-person singular present active imperative of postp?n?

Spanish

Verb

postpone

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of postponer.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of postponer.

English

Etymology

From Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d???n/

Verb

adjourn (third-person singular simple present adjourns, present participle adjourning, simple past and past participle adjourned)

1. (transitive) To postpone.

2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of delaying Repentance (sermon)

     It is a common practice […] to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.

3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
   • 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 10, pp. 25-26,^[1]

     The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.”

4. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.

Translations

Related terms

• adjournment

Anagrams

• Jourdan