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Repose vs Repost - What's the difference?

repose | repost |

As nouns the difference between repose and repost

is that repose is rest, sleep while repost is {{cx|Internet|lang=en}} The act of posting again; the material thus posted.

As verbs the difference between repose and repost

is that repose is to lie at rest; to rest while repost is to post again.

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 .
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    • 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.

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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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    repost

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To post again.
    • Maybe I should repost the FAQ for the benefit of newbies.
  • (basketball) To post up again: To reset yourself at the post.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, January 1, Howard Beck, Knicks Have a Hard Time Dealing With Rejection, New York Times citation
    • , passage=He's starting to learn that when the trap comes to kick it out right away and repost . }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of posting again; the material thus posted.
    • This newsgroup mostly seems to consist of reposts of the FAQ. Doesn't anyone talk?

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