Difference between Wait and Postponement

WAIT vs POSTPONEMENT: NOUN

The act of waiting or the time spent waiting.
One of a group of musicians or carolers who perform in the streets at Christmastime.
Time during which some action is awaited
The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
One of a group of musicians employed, usually by a city, to play in parades or public ceremonies.
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.

The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.
The act of placing after or below in importance or esteem; a subordinating.
The act of postponing, or deferring to a future time; temporary delay.
Time during which some action is awaited
Act of putting off to a future time
A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.

To work as a waiter or waitress.
To remain or stay in expectation of; await.
To be a waiter or waitress at.
To watch; to observe; to take notice.
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 fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; -- said of a hawk.
To remain temporarily neglected, unattended to, or postponed.
To remain or be in readiness.
To stay in one place until another catches up.
To remain or rest in expectation: : stay.
To delay (a meal or an event); postpone.

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.
To attend or follow as a consequence; be associated with; accompany.
To observe; examine; take notice of; expect; watch for; look out for.
To plan; scheme; contrive.
To seek.
To stay for; attend; await; expect.
To defer; put off; keep waiting: said of a meal.
To expect; look for.
To follow as a consequence of something; attend upon.
To lie in wait for.
To look at; look toward.
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.
Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
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 look forward to something; be in expectation: often with for.
To watch; be on the watch; lie in wait; look out.
To attend upon; accompany; escort.

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

Reprieve, Defer, Adjourned, Adjourn, Continuance, Delays, Adjournment, Delaying, Delayed, Time lag, Hold, Wait, Deferral, Deferment, Delay

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

Deferred, Reprieve, Defer, Adjourned, Adjourn, Continuance, Delays, Adjournment, Delaying, Delayed, Hold, Wait, Deferral, Deferment, Delay

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.

Postponement of the examination by the applicants shall extend this deadline in the e amount of time as the postponement.
Clearly after the second postponement the case for a further postponement needs to be stronger and stronger and convincing.
Because subsequent events rendered the earlier postponement immaterial, it was unnecessary for the district court to make a factual finding regarding the earlier postponement.
University, except that fees incurred as a result of any postponement shall be borne by the party causing the postponement of the hearing.
Postponement of the leave will require the absent employee to resume duties during the period of postponement.
If a postponement is granted, the State agency may extend, renew or otherwise continue an existing system during the period of the postponement.
Postponement period end date equal to or after the PRP end date and Postponement type is not null.
Charm Postponement Wedding invitation featuring lovely lettering, is a simple and a little more casual way to announce a postponement yet again.
December the staff asked for postponement and I believe they had wanted a postponement until after the spring festival.
Conner defeated, so we went through postponement after postponement to aid in this community need.