Rest and Schtick

Rest

Rest noun - Freedom from activity or labor.

Schtick is an antonym for rest.

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

Schtick

Schtick noun - (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention.

Rest is an antonym for schtick in part of a performance topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Colossal Kaiju Combat Lethal Joke Character: Duncan's schtick is junkshots and his Secondary Attacks is listed as "Humor", but he's just as viable a character as the rest of them.
  • Lovecraftian Superpower Fomori have this and The Corruption as pretty much their entire schtick in Werewolf: The Apocalypse: sure, you can get Super Strength, but you're gonna look like a reeeally ugly Hulk for the rest of your life.
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