repose on vs hinge upon

repose on and hinge upon both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
repose on	No	No	Yes	No
hinge upon	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hinge upon is a hypernym of repose on; that is, hinge upon is a word with a broader meaning than repose on:

Other hypernyms of repose on include depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, ride, turn on.

repose on (verb)	hinge upon (verb)
use as a basis for theories and claims	be contingent on