Resting vs Relax - What's the difference?
resting | relax |
The action of rest; repose; inactivity; reliance; confidence.
* 1865 , Merritt Munson, The History of Moses and the Israelites (page 199)
A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
A pause; a break; an interlude.
That which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth.
Unemployed.
Remaining; stationary.
To calm down.
To make something loose.
* Milton
To become loose.
To make something less severe or tense.
To become less severe or tense.
To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
* Jonathan Swift
(of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
To relieve (something) from stress.
(dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
As verbs the difference between resting and relax
is that resting is while relax is to calm down.As a noun resting
is the action of rest; repose; inactivity; reliance; confidence.As an adjective resting
is that which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth.resting
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Adjective
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(head)Anagrams
* *relax
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Verb
(es)- to relax''' a rope or cord; to '''relax the muscles or sinews
- Horror all his joints relaxed .
- to relax''' discipline; to '''relax one's attention or endeavours
- The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
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- Amusement relaxes the mind.
- An aperient relaxes the bowels.