stall vs drag one's heels

drag one's heels vs stall

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

stall and drag one's heels both are verbs.

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

As verbs, stall and drag one's heels are synonyms defined as:

stall and drag one's heels: postpone doing what one should be doing

Other synonyms of stall include dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, procrastinate, shillyshally.

stall (noun)	drag one's heels (noun)
a tactic used to mislead or delay
small area set off by walls for special use
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
small individual study area in a library
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

stall (verb)	drag one's heels (verb)
deliberately delay an event or action	postpone doing what one should be doing
come to a stop
cause an engine to stop
cause an airplane to go into a stall
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
put into, or keep in, a stall
postpone doing what one should be doing

Difference between stall and drag one's heels

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