defer和waitlist的区别：中文含义不同、词性不同、用法不同。defer作为及物动词，含义为“推迟”、“延缓”、“展期”；waitlist可作名词和动词，含义为“把…登在申请人的名单上”、“候补名单”。

defer作为及物动词时，译为推迟;延缓;展期。

例句：She had applied for deferred admission to college.

她已申请延期入学。

Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...

顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。

Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.

鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.

银行同意他们延期4个月付款。

We will defer to whatever the Committee decides.

我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。

One way of looking at Japan's debt is as deferred tax.

可以将日本债务看作递延税。

I would trust and defer to the public's verdict on that.

我信任并尊重公众的判决。

waitlist可作名词和动词，译为把…登在（等候批准）申请人的名单上；候补名单。

例句：Priority in seating will be given to those on the waitlist.

座位优先权会给那些在候补名单上的学生。

How many students are on the waitlist?

Waitlist上有多少学生？

Is there a rank to this waitlist?

后一篇>Waitlist上是否有排名？

What if too many students enroll and no one will be taken off the waitlist?

如果太多学生接受录取，不需要从等待列表中补充录取怎么办？

Students on the waitlist, therefore, share a lot of the same qualities as people who are admitted.

因此，在等待列表中的学生与已经被录取的学生有许多共同的素质。