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Hush vs Repose - What's the difference?

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Hush is a related term of repose.


As verbs the difference between hush and repose

is that hush is to become quiet while repose is .

As a noun hush

is a silence, especially after some noise.

hush

English

Verb

(es)
  • to become quiet
  • to make quiet
  • To appease; to allay; to soothe.
  • * Otway
  • Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?
  • * Tennyson
  • And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A silence, especially after some noise
  • * Byron
  • It is the hush of night.
    (Byron)
  • A mining method using water
  • Derived terms

    * hush money * hush puppy * hush up * hushaby * husher * hushful * hush-hire * hush-hush * hush-shop English ergative verbs ----

    repose

    English

    Noun

  • (dated) rest, sleep
  • * 1908 ,
  • Dark and deserted as it was, the night was full of small noises, song and chatter and rustling, telling of the busy little population who were up and about, plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well-earned repose .
  • *
  • You would not rob us of our repose , would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties?
  • quietness, ease; peace, calmness
  • * Dante Divine Comedy,Inferno, Canto 10
  • So may thy lineage find at last repose I thus adjured him
  • (geology) period between eruptions of a volcano.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

  • To lie at rest; to rest.
  • * Chapman
  • Within a thicket I reposed .
  • To lie; to be supported.
  • trap reposing on sand
  • To lay, to set down.
  • * Chapman
  • But these thy fortunes let us straight repose / In this divine cave's bosom.
  • * Woodward
  • Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth are left behind.
  • To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
  • To reside in something.
  • (figuratively) To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
  • * I. Taylor
  • It is upon these that the soul may repose .