Rely vs Repose - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between rely and repose

is that rely is to rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend while repose is .

rely

English

Verb

To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend.

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Derived terms

* rely on * rely upon * reliable * reliance

Anagrams

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

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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 .

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