Difference between Repose and Recline

What is the difference between Repose and Recline?

Repose as a verb is to lay, to set down. while Recline as a verb is to cause to lean back; to bend back.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: rest, sleep quietness, ease; peace, calmness period between eruptions of a volcano.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lay, to set down. To confide or entrust to someone. To reside in something.

Example sentence: It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to lean back; to bend back.To put in a resting position.To lean back.To put one's self in a resting position.

We hope you now know whether to use Repose or Recline in your sentence.