Sapling Logo

“Rest” or “Wrest”

rest / wrest are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Get Sapling See examples
Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

rest r·EH·s·t

  • nounfreedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility).
  • nouna state of inaction.
  • nouneuphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb).
  • nouna support on which things can be put.
  • nouna musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration.
  • verbnot move; be in a resting position.
  • verbtake a short break from one's activities in order to relax.
  • verbgive a rest to.
  • verbbe at rest.
  • verbbe inherent or innate in.
  • verbput something in a resting position, as for support or steadying.
  • verbbe inactive, refrain from acting.

wrest r·EH·s·t

  • verbobtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“rest”

  • …a campaign to conquer the rest when he died on October…
  • Like Naga and the rest of her kin, she can…
  • …are scheduled flights to the rest of the United States, Canada,…
  • …laid out without disturbing the rest of the chart, for ease…
  • The rest, mostly army and political officers,…
  • Adama sits to rest while Doctor Cottle looks him
  • …selling it along with the rest of their land.
  • …in Halifax; it served the rest of Nova Scotia via cable.
  • …their planet, Stinger spent the rest of his life searching for…
  • Ilex, with the rest of the species

“wrest”

  • …iconic 18-story octagonal tower and Wrest Point Hotel Casino complex.
  • …plans of the gardens at Wrest Park (1735), Claremont (1738), Charles…
  • …heavyweight champion had failed to wrest the title from him after…
  • Wrest Point Hotel Casino, Hobart, Tasmania
  • Targa Wrest Point is a tarmac-based rally…
  • 2010 Targa Wrest Point Results
  • Targa Wrest Point website
  • Targa Wrest Point
  • …shortcoming in the efforts to wrest control of Ramadi from the…
  • …Utah, where the Gladdenites would wrest control of the LDS Church…

Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license. Definitions are drawn from WordNet.

Too much to remember?

Looking for a tool that handles this for you wherever you write?

Install Sapling Try the grammar checker