Difference between Delays and Wait

DELAYS vs WAIT: NOUN

Plural form of delay.
The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Time during which some action is awaited

Time during which some action is awaited
The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
Time occupied in waiting; delay; an interval of waiting; specifically, in theatrical language, the time between two acts. Compare stage-wait.
The act of waiting: as, a wait for the train at a station.
An ambush; a trap; a plot: obsolete except in the phrase to lie in wait.
The act of watching; watchfulness.
An old variety of hautboy or shawm: so called because much used by the waits.
One of a body of musicians, especially in the seventeenth century in England.
L. A watchman; a guard; also, a spy.
One of a group of musicians or carolers who perform in the streets at Christmastime.
One of a group of musicians employed, usually by a city, to play in parades or public ceremonies.
The act of waiting or the time spent waiting.

To remain or rest in expectation: : stay.
To delay (a meal or an event); postpone.
To be a waiter or waitress at.
To remain temporarily neglected, unattended to, or postponed.
To remain or be in readiness.
To stay in one place until another catches up.
To work as a waiter or waitress.
To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; -- said of a hawk.
To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
To watch; to observe; to take notice.
To remain or stay in expectation of; await.

To watch; be on the watch; lie in wait; look out.
To look forward to something; be in expectation: often with for.
To stay or rest in patience or expectation; remain in a state of quiescence or inaction, as till the arrival of some person or event, or till the proper moment or favorable opportunity for action: often with for.
To remain in readiness to execute orders; be ready to serve; be in waiting; perform the duties of an attendant or a servant; hence, to serve; supply the wants of persons at table.
To look at; look toward.
To lie in wait for.
To expect; look for.
To attend to; perform, as a duty.
To be ready to serve; do the bidding of.
To attend upon as a servant; act as attendant to; be in the service of.
To go to see; call upon; visit; attend.
To escort; accompany; attend; specifically, to attend as bridesmaid or groomsman.
Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
To follow as a consequence of something; attend upon.
To attend upon; accompany; escort.
To defer; put off; keep waiting: said of a meal.
To stay for; attend; await; expect.
To seek.
To plan; scheme; contrive.
To observe; examine; take notice of; expect; watch for; look out for.
To attend or follow as a consequence; be associated with; accompany.

Postponing, Postponed, Postpone, Setbacks, Bottlenecks, Postponements, Time lag, Hold up, Detention, Stay, Hold, Detain, Holdup, Wait, Postponement

Awaiting, Postpone, See, Defer, Sit, Bide, Time lag, Hold back, Hold off, Hold, Postponement, Look, Expect, Delay, Await

Lags, Timing, Halts, Timelines, Deadlines, Shortfalls, Postponing, Postponed, Setbacks, Hold up, Detention, Stay, Hold, Detain, Wait

Linger, Awaited, Leave, Want, Take, Come, See, Defer, Sit, Hold off, Hold, Look, Expect, Delay, Await

List all delays during trial in this module.
The contractor bears the risk of schedule and cost effects for delays it causes or for delays within its control.
Delays on one project can cause delays on another.
So, where PTE accounts for commercialization delays due to regulatory review, PTA caters to delays caused during patent prosecution.
Some children simply have early delays and then catch up later, but if the delays persist, there is likely something else going on.
Delays in obtaining extensions, like delays in sealing, should be judged by practicality.
DELAYS Cap and fuse is the only initiation system that offers neither flexibility nor accuracy in delays.
Delays Time delays are provided prevent an immediate change in state of the control output.
Communicate with the transportation company to avoid delays and track shipments in case of delays.
It can define simple delays, lumped delays and even conditional delays which are useful for circuits with.

My question is to buy now or wait?
Please be prepared to wait because this procedure takes time, so please be prepared to wait.
Then he would wait and wait and not do anything so that many of these laws were not implemented for years.
And must wait, must stand and wait, for there he was at the trough before me.
Yet despite their frustrations, when they arrive at the courthouse, they sit and wait for, minimally, two hours; some wait all day.
Please wait outside the designated entry door and wait for your trainer to escort you into the building.
The minimum wait time of the summarized timed wait events.
After we were shown the coach the finance folks made us wait and wait.
If a treatment can wait without harming the patient, then you should wait to gain consent.
So there is one more wait called Fluent wait.