Difference between Rest and Remain

What is the difference between Rest and Remain?

Rest as a noun is the relief from work or activity afforded by sleeping; sleep. while Remain as a noun is state of remaining; stay.

Rest

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The relief from work or activity afforded by sleeping; sleep. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and recreation. Peace, freedom from trouble, tranquillity. The repose afforded by death. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a score. Absence of motion. A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of the cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach. Any object designed to be used to support something else. That which remains.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To remain. To be left (in a specified condition). To lie down and take repose, especially by sleeping. To give rest to (oneself). To relieve; give rest to. To stop working, to take a break, become inactive. To stay, remain, be situated. To lean or lay. To lie or lean or be supported. To stop presenting arguments, witnesses and evidence for one side.

Example sentence: A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Remain

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.To await; to be left to.To continue in a state of being.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: State of remaining; stay.That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.

Example sentence: Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

We hope you now know whether to use Rest or Remain in your sentence.

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