Respite vs Breath - What's the difference?
respite | breath |
A brief interval of rest or relief.
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(legal) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
(legal) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
To delay or postpone.
(lb) The act or process of breathing.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
(lb) A single act of breathing in or out.
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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
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*:She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.
(lb) Air expelled from the lungs.
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(lb) A rest or pause.
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A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
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(lb) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
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*:the breath of flowers
(lb) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:an after dinner's breath
As nouns the difference between respite and breath
is that respite is a brief interval of rest or relief while breath is (lb) the act or process of breathing.As a verb respite
is to delay or postpone.respite
English
Noun
(en noun)- Some pause and respite only I require.
- I crave but four day's respite .
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite , and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.