What's the difference between procrastinate and tarry?

Procrastinate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
  • (v. i.) To delay; to be dilatory.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On a visit to London on Monday, Juppé, who is tipped to win a centre-right primary against Nicolas Sarkozy later this year, said procrastination on Brexit would not be permitted.
  • (2) Broadly defined, this sort of behaviour involves procrastination, stubbornness, resentment, sullenness, obstructionism, self-pity and a tendency to create chaotic situations.
  • (3) , who grew his tache in 2010 because of “self-employed procrastination” ie boredom, but is reluctant to shave his off because it would make him look younger.
  • (4) Then, last November, with just one more menstrual cycle left before my next birthday, I could procrastinate no longer.
  • (5) Procrastination with aggressive therapy often results in the patient being unsuitable for such therapy when it is seriously contemplated...
  • (6) Procrastination is the thief of time.” Last week, the chancellor echoed the exact same sentiments – “the sooner you start the smoother the ride” – as he announced a raft of Whitehall spending cuts as a down payment on the £25bn he’s planning to spend over the next three years.
  • (7) The prospect of total hearing loss and even facial diplegia predisposes to surgical procrastination.
  • (8) But then, what's half an hour for a man whose three year procrastination over the recording of Loveless drained Creation Records of its resources and sent the label boss, Alan McGee , over the edge, and who spent a decade keeping Island Records waiting for a follow-up that never came?
  • (9) Clearly I was procrastinating, but I think my mum was quite happy.
  • (10) People often procrastinate about a career change later in life but to do something you really love is well worth a leap of faith.
  • (11) They accused military investigators of "foot-dragging and procrastination".
  • (12) I struggle with getting to bed early enough (I procrastinate at night time!
  • (13) From factor analysis of the correlation matrix four factors were identified: (I) reflective metacognition, (II) procedural metacognition, (III) rote memorization, and (IV) procrastination.
  • (14) Heads of government from the 16 countries are to gather for an emergency summit in Brussels on Friday to throw their weight behind the deal, after months of procrastination during which the crisis has deepened and spread.
  • (15) Findings reinforced the results from quantitative surveys indicating that a perceived lack of their own need for the examination, lack of a physician referral, and procrastination were the main reasons that the women reported for not having mammograms.
  • (16) HSBC's chief economist, Kevin Logan, said a "procrastination" solution was now the most likely outcome, with an agreement that specifies targets for spending cuts and revenue increases but leaves the details to congressional committees.
  • (17) A year ago, one of the men appealed directly to Pope Francis to intervene , describing the church as a “formidable machine” and accusing officials of having “passed the buck, misrepresented the truth, engaged in coverup and … shamelessly procrastinated”.
  • (18) Procrastination by patients, after occurrence of the first symptoms, resulted in the growth of later-stage cancers and lower survival rates.
  • (19) I recently made a whole half hour programme about procrastination; a concept I'd never even heard of till I studied Hamlet for A-level.
  • (20) Procrastination is written into the DNA of the Senate and without the need to validate commitments made in Copenhagen there is no overwhelming reason for the Senate to do something this difficult this year.

Tarry


Definition:

  • (n.) Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
  • (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.
  • (v. i.) To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
  • (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
  • (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.
  • (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.
  • (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) During the next 8 months, she repeated abdominal pain, tarry stool and subcutaneous hemorrhage for three times and after an angiography large hematoma at puncture site appeared.
  • (2) Initially, the steer passed tarry feces for 2 days, but no feces were passed for 4 days before examination.
  • (3) Endoscopic examination of a 35-year-old patient complaining of tarry stool, palpitation and lumbago led to a diagnosis of gastric cancer of Borrmann type 4.
  • (4) Uncommon also is the tarrying behaviour of nephropathy.
  • (5) They waited, swaying like new calves, still wet from their tarry sacs, swinging umbrella-sized cranes.
  • (6) Many authors have reported that urological anomalies associate commonly with this syndrome, but recently a new concept of this syndrome was proposed by Tarry and associates.
  • (7) Postoperatively, tarry stool was passed, for which she received an examination at the department of internal medicine.
  • (8) With single (35 patients) and five-consecutive-day (36 patients) administration, the dose-limiting factor was found to be tarry stool, remarkable decrease in hemoglobin content, and strong nipple and breast pain.
  • (9) Tarry a minute on Prince, before we get on to the commissioning splice that led to two different organisations being paid for this stewarding, while some stewards themselves got paid with a bag of wet carbohydrate.
  • (10) A 45 day old boy presented with progressive abdominal distension, tarry stools and anemia.
  • (11) Its chief executive, Stewart Wingate, said: “A low-cost carrier flying to the Big Apple for a small price shows how fast aviation is changing and highlights one of a series of future trends that will have a huge bearing on the UK’s runways debate.” The airport unveiled a new report by independent aviation consultant Chris Tarry, which set out how the latest generation of aircraft could affect London airport expansion, with a fuel economy, size and range that lowers the need for connecting passengers and opens up the development of low-cost long-haul services.
  • (12) A 61-year-old man with weight loss, malaise, and tarry stool demonstrated diffuse lymphoma, large-cell type, and two early gastric carcinomas.
  • (13) The second case is a 40-year-old man who developed tarry stools 5 days after renal transplantation.
  • (14) The cohort was studied because employment in some of the plants had been linked to malignant and nonmalignant skin lesions attributed to exposure to tarry by-products.
  • (15) At one point in this first volume, Twain observes that man is loving and loveable to his own, but "otherwise the buzzing, busy, trivial enemy of his race – who tarries his little day, does his little dirt, commends himself to God, and then goes out into the darkness, to return no more, and send no messages back – selfish even in death".
  • (16) In December, 1986, repeated tarry stool was noted, and he was readmitted to hospital on January, 28, 1987, because of severe anemia.
  • (17) Sometimes, when I've missed the football by choosing to tarry in the pub, I discover that I don't need the English subtitles at all and can understand perfectly what lovely Birgitte is saying in her native Danish.
  • (18) Reported is the case of a 57-year-old male patient, who manifested tarry stool and who had undergone a subtotal gastrectomy at our hospital in 1983 for an early carcinoma, type IIc, which proved to be a well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma.
  • (19) On twenty-one months after discharge, the patient noticed left leg pain and tarry stool, and was referred to our hospital.
  • (20) A 65-year-old male was admitted complaining of tarry stool and angina.