delay vs precipitate

delay

verb
  • To put off until a later time; to defer. 

  • To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time. 

noun
  • A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. 

  • An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay. 

  • Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”) 

  • An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment. 

precipitate

verb
  • To act too hastily; to be precipitous. 

  • To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To throw an object or person from a great height. 

  • To send violently into a certain state or condition. 

  • To make something happen suddenly and quickly. 

  • To come out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets. 

  • To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground. 

  • To fall headlong. 

adj
  • With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong. 

  • Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty. 

  • headlong; falling steeply or vertically. 

  • Performed very rapidly or abruptly. 

  • Very steep; precipitous. 

noun
  • a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution 

  • a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action 

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