Yes, there a difference between Defer updates and Pause updates.

But that just the tip of the micro-plastic-infused iceberg.The main sticking point: Win10 still has both concepts floating around, they conflict, and we don&t have any idea how the conflicts are being resolved — a problem that going to get worse with the release of Win10 version 1909, which doesn&t follow the Defer, Pause, push, pull or prod rules.This time the name change— Deferred updates, Paused updates— masks a Gordian knot of settings in various places, with conflicts galore.

Be of good cheer.

When Microsoft pushes Win10 version 1909 into the mix next month, we have yet another update with a new pedigree.