Belay vs. Delay
Difference Between Belay and Delay
Belayverb
(Nautical) To secure or make fast (a rope, for example) by winding on a cleat or pin.
Delayverb
To postpone until a later time; defer.
Belayverb
To provide security to (a climber) by paying out or drawing in rope, often through a braking device, in readiness to break a potential fall.
Delayverb
To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired
Heavy traffic delayed us.Belayverb
To cause to stop.
Delayverb
To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
Belayverb
To be made secure.
Delaynoun
The act of delaying; postponement
responded without delay.Belayverb
Used in the imperative as an order to stop
Belay there!.Delaynoun
The condition of being delayed; detainment.
Belaynoun
The act of belaying a climber.
Delaynoun
The period of time during which one is delayed.
Belaynoun
A system of ropes and anchors by which a climber is belayed.
Delaynoun
The interval of time between two events.
Belayverb
To surround; environ; enclose.
Delaynoun
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
the delay before the echo of a soundBelayverb
To overlay; adorn.
Delaynoun
(music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
Belayverb
To besiege; invest; surround.
Delayverb
To put off until a later time; to defer.
Belayverb
To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
Delayverb
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.Belayverb
To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
Delayverb
(obsolete) To allay; to temper.
Belayverb
(transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.Delayverb
(obsolete) To dilute, temper.
Belayverb
(transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.Belay that order!Delayverb
(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.
Belayverb
The general command to stop or cease.
Delaynoun
time during which some action is awaited;
instant replay caused too long a delayhe ordered a hold in the actionBelaynoun
(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
Delaynoun
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Belaynoun
(climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
Delayverb
cause to be slowed down or delayed;
Traffic was delayed by the bad weathershe delayed the work that she didn't want to performBelaynoun
(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
Delayverb
act later than planned, scheduled, or required;
Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be consideredBelaynoun
something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured
Delayverb
stop or halt;
Please stay the bloodshed!Belayverb
turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him
Delayverb
slow the growth or development of;
The brain damage will retard the child's language developmentBelayverb
fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
