Rest
Rest verb - To refrain from labor or exertion.
Usage example: a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest
Struggle
Struggle verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet
Nearby Words: struggled, struggling
How words are described
| good | good rest | good struggle |
| long | long rest | long struggle |
| brief | brief rest | brief struggle |
| short | short rest | short struggle |
| Other adjectives: entire, real, big, little, main, moral, mental, earlier. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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And the struggle of that said Archangel (Morgoth) against the rest of the Archangels, Elves and Men.
Source: Hopeless War - Synopsis: College, most see it as that time in your life that you struggle through to make the rest of your life easier, but what happens once you're out of it?
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He seemed to have the rest of Nexus on his side of the struggle; all of them left Barrett to be beaten down by Cena alone.
Source: The Starscream
Cite this Source
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