delay vs drag one's heels

drag one's heels vs delay

delay is a noun but drag one's heels is not a noun.

delay and drag one's heels both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
delay	Yes	No	Yes	No
drag one's heels	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drag one's heels is a hyponym of delay; that is, drag one's heels is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than delay:

delay: act later than planned, scheduled, or required
drag one's heels: postpone doing what one should be doing

Other hyponyms of delay include hesitate, pause, dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall, defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table.

delay (noun)	drag one's heels (noun)
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
time during which some action is awaited

delay (verb)	drag one's heels (verb)
cause to be slowed down or delayed	postpone doing what one should be doing
stop or halt
slow the growth or development of
act later than planned, scheduled, or required

Difference between delay and drag one's heels

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