✅ To delay is to make someone or something late or slow (I delayed my friend from getting home on time because I had so much to tell her).

✅ To pigeonhole means to set something aside with the intention of dealing with it later (They pigeonholed the proposal for the following month).

✅ Both words involve postponing action or attention.

✅ Delay often implies an unavoidable or external cause, while pigeonhole suggests an intentional choice to defer action (We delayed the meeting due to weather; The committee decided to pigeonhole the bill until next year).

✅ A finger is one of the four (or five, if you count the thumb) slender parts of a hand (He pointed with his index finger).

✅ A digit can be a finger, thumb, or toe (I stubbed my digit, the big toe).

✅ Both words refer to body parts that are extremities.

✅ A finger is only used for extremities of the hands. Digit is a broader term that includes fingers and toes.

✅ Overthrow means to remove someone from power, typically by force (The rebels aimed to overthrow the government).

✅ Supplant means to replace or take the place of someone or something, often by force or strategy (New technology has supplanted older methods).

✅ Both words describe the act of taking over or replacing.

✅ Overthrow implies a forceful removal, while supplant suggests a more strategic or gradual replacement (They planned to overthrow the dictator; The smartphone has supplanted the old flip phone).