Difference between Postpone and Shelve

POSTPONE vs SHELVE: NOUN

To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn.
To postpose.
To cause or arrange for (an event) to take place at a time later than the time at which it was originally supposed to happen. : defer.

To furnish with shelves.
To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely.

To put off; defer to a future or later time; delay.
To set below (something else) in value or importance; rate as less important or inferior.
Synonyms To adjourn, procrastinate, stave off.

To slope; incline.
To incline or tip (a cart) so as to discharge its load.
To furnish with shelves, as a room or closet.
To lay by on a shelf; put away or aside as disposed of or not needed; hence, to put off or neglect: as, to shelve a question or a claim.
To place on a shelf: as, to shelve books.

Wait, Adjourn, Suspend, Delayed, Delaying, Delay, Reschedule, Set back, Put over, Hold over, Remit, Table, Put off, Shelve, Defer

Store, Park, Categorize, Stay, Classify, Adjourn, Suspend, Set back, Put over, Hold over, Remit, Table, Put off, Defer, Postpone

Procrastinate, Prolong, Wait, Adjourn, Suspend, Delayed, Delaying, Delay, Reschedule, Put over, Remit, Table, Put off, Shelve, Defer

Abandon, Rank, Archive, Store, Park, Categorize, Stay, Classify, Adjourn, Suspend, Put over, Remit, Table, Put off, Defer

Nokl persuade Beck to postpone further Polish mobilization.
Check the weather forecast, and postpone if necessary.
Supreme Court orders to postpone final year examination.
Third Party Claim seeking to postpone the sale.
Vienna which I could in no way postpone.
Alternatively, it could postpone the deadline for stabilization.
We sadly had to postpone our wedding date.
You can choose to postpone a lesser amount of rates than the full amount that you would be entitled to postpone under the policy.
TO POSTPONE AVISITUnder certain circumstances, a program may request to postpone a scheduled visit.
Fixed: Task show waiting to run on a postpone, now show Suspended with the postpone reason.

It may be time to shelve this collaborative project.
Start by adding a bookcase or hanging wall shelve.
May shelve back issues of periodicals in storage area.
We had to shelve the idea because of that.
Below the thick tabletop, is a thin storage shelve.
Proposed voters the tables will be turned, shelve Adjourns.
Librarians in small organizations sometimes shelve books themselves.
Some libraries shelve current issues by call number.
How many books did he shelve on Monday?
To shelve a license a signed affidavit must be submitted for every year you wish to shelve your license.