Difference between delay and relent
Definitions
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- act later than planned, scheduled, or required
- stop or halt
- slow the growth or development of
noun
- time during which some action is awaited
- the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Examples
The opening Thursday of SugarHouse Casino, Pennsylvania's 10th casino, comes after years of community protests and delays.
The coulpe or peccavi, is made for a very small matter — a broken glass, a torn veil, an involuntary delay of a few seconds at an office, a false note in church, etc.; this suffices, and the coulpe is made.
the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane
Definitions
verb
- give in, as to influence or pressure
Examples
The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ.
The snow relented and we were back to a rocky descending path.
Our intellectual culture demands that every idea or phenomenon be subjected to the unrelenting rigour of rationalism, or excesses of scientism.
