Listening and Rest

Listening

Listening noun - The act of hearing attentively.

Rest and listening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rest" instead a noun "Listening".

Nearby Words: listen, listened, listener

Rest

Rest noun - Freedom from activity or labor.

Listening and rest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Listening" instead a noun "Rest".

Nearby Words: restless, rested, restive, resting, restful

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • It sang loud enough that the entire world heard it, and everyone in the world spent the rest of their lives alternately taking care of necessities and listening to the song.
  • Literature / Goosebumps Grimsley in The Chalk Closet sends failing/misbehaving students into a room where they'll spend the rest of eternity listening to the screech of chalk on a board, even after they've died.
  • His absolute favorite is "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen, which he starts listening to ad infinitum and obsesses about to the point that the rest of the Griffin family becomes sick of the song.
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