Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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balance | Yes | No | Yes | No |
rest | Yes | No | Yes | No |
balance (noun) | rest (noun) |
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a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity | freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) |
a weight that balances another weight | a support on which things can be put |
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat | a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration |
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) | something left after other parts have been taken away |
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | a state of inaction |
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account | euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) |
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account | a pause for relaxation |
something left after other parts have been taken away | |
equality of distribution | |
a state of equilibrium |
balance (verb) | rest (verb) |
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hold or carry in equilibrium | be at rest |
compute credits and debits of an account | stay the same; remain in a certain state |
bring into balance or equilibrium | take a short break from one's activities in order to relax |
be in equilibrium | give a rest to |
not move; be in a resting position | |
sit, as on a branch | |
rest on or as if on a pillow | |
put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying | |
be inactive, refrain from acting | |
have a place in relation to something else | |
be inherent or innate in |