Rest vs Last - What's the difference?
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(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
(countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
(uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
* Bible, Judges iii. 30
(uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
(euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
(music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
(music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
(physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
(snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
(countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
* Dryden
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
* J. H. Newman
* Milton
* Bible, Deuteronomy xii. 9
(poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
* Abbott
(dated) A set or game at tennis.
To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
* Bible, Exodus xxiii. 12
To come to a pause or an end; end.
To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
* Milton
(intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
* 1485 , Sir (Thomas Malory), (w, Le Morte d'Arthur) , Book X:
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, title= To stay, remain, be situated.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
(intransitive, transitive, legal, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
To sleep; slumber.
To lie dormant.
To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
To rely or depend on.
* Dryden
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, title= To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
* Addison
(label) That which remains.
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
* (w) (1635–1699)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
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A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the (Bank of England), the balance of assets above liabilities.
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
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, title= Most recent, latest, last so far.
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Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
Being the only one remaining of its class.
Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
* R. Hall
Lowest in rank or degree.
The (one) immediately before the present.
(of a, day of the week) Closest to seven days (one week) ago.
Most recently.
* Shakespeare
(sequence) after everything else; finally
* Dryden
To perform, carry out.
(label) To endure, continue over time.
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*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
(label) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
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a tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes
* 2006, Newman, Cathy, Every Shoe Tells a Story , National Geographic (September, 2006), 83,
To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.
(obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
(obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 114:
* 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, page 169,
(obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
* 1942 (1601) , T D Mutch,
A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
In intransitive terms the difference between rest and last
is that rest is to rely or depend on while last is to hold out, continue undefeated or entire.In obsolete terms the difference between rest and last
is that rest is to arrest while last is an old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.As an abbreviation REST
is Representational State TransferAs an adjective last is
final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.As a determiner last is
the (one) immediately before the present.As an adverb last is
most recently.rest
English
(wikipedia rest)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . Related to (l).Noun
- I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
- The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest .
- We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
- It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
- And the land had rest fourscore years.
- The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
- The ocean was finally at rest .
- Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest .
- She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
- Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
- The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest .
- Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest .
- She put the phone receiver back in its rest .
- He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
- their visors closed, their lances in the rest
- halfway houses and travellers' rests
- in dust our final rest , and native home
- Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
- An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests .
Synonyms
* (sleep) sleep, slumber * (relief from exertion) break, repose, time off * (freedom from trouble) peace, quiet, roo, silence, stillness, tranquility * (repose afforded by death) peace * (object designed to be used to support something else) cradle (of a telephone ), supportAntonyms
* motion * activityHypernyms
* bridgeHyponyms
* (object designed to be used to support something else) arm rest, elbow rest, foot rest, head rest, leg rest, neck rest, wrist rest * (pause of specified length in a piece of music) breve rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, minim rest, quaver rest, semibreve rest, semiquaver restDerived terms
* arm rest * at rest * bed rest * breve rest * chin rest * crotchet rest * day of rest * demisemiquaver rest * elbow rest * foot rest * gun rest * head rest * hemidemisemiquaver rest * incisal rest * lay to rest * leg rest * minim rest * neck rest * parade rest * put to rest * quarter rest * quaver rest * rest area * rest day * rest energy * rest home * rest mass * rest period * rest position * rest stop * restful * restless * restroom * semibreve rest * semiquaver rest * tool rest/tool-rest * whole rest * wolffian rest * wrist restEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest .
- There rest , if any rest can harbour there.
- And thereby at a pryory they rested them all nyght.
Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers, passage=With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.}}
- A column rests on its pedestal.
- On him I rested , after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.
Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.
- to rest in Heaven's determination
Synonyms
* relax * (give rest to) relieve * (stop working) have a breather, pause, take a break, take time off, take time out * (be situated) be, lie, remain, reside, stay * lay, lean, place, put * lean, lieTroponyms
* (lie down and take repose) sleep, napDerived terms
* rest assured * rest in peace/RIP * rest on one's laurelsEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m) from (etyl) ).Noun
(-)- Plato and the rest of the philosophers
- Armed like the rest , the Trojan prince appears.
Synonyms
* remainder * laveDerived terms
* all the restEtymology 4
Aphetic form of (m).Statistics
*last
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), syncopated variant of (m), from (etyl) latost, (m), , whence English (l).Adjective
(-)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
citation, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year.}}
- He is the last person to be accused of theft.
- Contending for principles of the last importance.
- the last prize
- (Alexander Pope)
Synonyms
* (final) at the end, caboose, final, tail end, terminal, ultimate * (most recent) latest, most recentDerived terms
* last word * nice guys finish lastDeterminer
(en determiner)- Last night the moon was full.
- We went there last year.
- Last Tuesday was Hallowe'en.
- Last time we talked about this was in January.
- It's Wednesday, and the party was last Tuesday; that is, not yesterday, but eight days ago.
Usage notes
* (both senses) This cannot be used in past or future tense to refer to a time immediately before the subject matter. For example, one does not say or the like.Adverb
(-)- When we last met, he was based in Toronto.
- How long is't now since last yourself and I / Were in a mask?
- I'll go last .
- last but not least
- Pleased with his idol, he commends, admires, / Adores; and, last , the thing adored desires.
Synonyms
* finally * lastlyEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* continue * endure * surviveAntonyms
* disintegrate * dissipate * fall apart * wear outEtymology 3
(etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia last) (en noun)- How is an in-your-face black leather thigh-high lace-up boot with a four-inch spike heel like a man's black calf lace-up oxford? They are both made on a last , the wood or plastic foot-shaped form that leather is stretched over and shaped to make a shoe.
Derived terms
*Verb
(en verb)- to last a boot
Etymology 4
From (etyl) last, from (etyl) , (etyl) last, (etyl) Last, (etyl) last, (etyl) lest.Noun
(en noun)- Now we so quietly followed our businesse, that in three moneths wee made three or foure Last of Tarre, Pitch, and Sope ashes [...].
- The last of wool is twelve sacks.
The First Discovery of Australia, page 14,
- The tonnage of the of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten .