comma vs rest

comma

noun
  • A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways. 

  • A brief interval. 

  • In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma. 

  • The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. 

  • A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia. 

  • A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence. 

verb
  • To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas. 

rest

noun
  • The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital. 

  • A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion. 

  • A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance. 

  • Absence of motion. 

  • Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility. 

  • A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach. 

  • A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. 

  • Any object designed to be used to support something else. 

  • Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep. 

  • A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music. 

  • A final position after death. 

  • A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura. 

  • A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. 

  • A pause of a specified length in a piece of music. 

  • That which remains. 

  • Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. 

  • Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation. 

verb
  • To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed. 

  • To rely or depend on. 

  • To be or to put into a state of rest. 

  • To lean, lie, or lay. 

  • To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.) 

  • To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way. 

  • To sleep; slumber. 

  • To come to a pause or an end; end. 

  • To be satisfied; to acquiesce. 

  • To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead. 

  • To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. 

  • To lie dormant. 

  • To stay, remain, be situated. 

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