ETYM French déférer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, from Latin deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. Related to Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, Delate.
To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

ETYM Latin differre to defer, to delay.
To be different.

1. To be at loggerheads; SYN. differ, take issue.
2. To be different from one another; SYN. disaccord, discord.

To hold back to a later time; SYN. hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off.