Peace vs. Repose — What's the Difference?

Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.

A state of rest, sleep, or tranquillity

The absence of war or other hostilities.

Be situated or kept in a particular place

An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities

Place something, especially one's confidence or trust, in

Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations

The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

Public security and order

Freedom from worry; peace of mind.

Inner contentment; serenity

Calmness; tranquility.

Used as a greeting, a farewell, or a request for silence.

To lay (oneself) down.

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

To rest or relax (oneself).

A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.

To lie at rest.

Harmony in personal relations.

To lie dead

A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.

To lie while being supported by something.

(archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.

To place (trust, for example)

(slang) Peace out; goodbye.

(dated) Rest; sleep.

To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.

Quietness; ease; peace; calmness.

(slang) To peace out.

(geology) The period between eruptions of a volcano.

A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose

(art) A form of visual harmony that gives rest to the eye.

To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.

(intransitive) To lie at rest; to rest.

The state prevailing during the absence of war

(intransitive) To lie; to be supported.

Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes;

(transitive) To lay, to set down.

The absence of mental stress or anxiety

(transitive) To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust.

The general security of public places;

(transitive) To compose; to make tranquil.

A treaty to cease hostilities;

(intransitive) To reside in something.

To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.

To die, especially of a saint.

(transitive) To pose again.

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, - often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.

To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.

To lie at rest; to rest.

Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.

To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

A rest; a pause.

That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; - opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.

Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);

The absence of mental stress or anxiety

A disposition free from stress or emotion

Put or confide something in a person or thing;

Be inherent or innate in;

Lie when dead;

Lean in a comfortable resting position;

Put in a horizontal position;

To put something (eg trust) in something;