forge vs rest

forge

verb
  • To form or create with concerted effort. 

  • To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate. 

  • To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty. 

  • To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully. 

  • To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy. 

  • To shape a metal by heating and hammering. 

noun
  • A Web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software. 

  • A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. 

  • A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them. 

  • The act of beating or working iron or steel. 

rest

verb
  • To be satisfied; to acquiesce. 

  • 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 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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 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. 

How often have the words forge and rest occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )