Resting vs. Vesting

Resting and Vesting Definitions
Resting
Occurring during a state of inactivity
A resting pulse.
Vesting
A sleeveless garment, often having buttons down the front, worn usually over a shirt or blouse and sometimes as part of a three-piece suit.
Resting
(Biology) In a temporary phase of not growing, dividing, or being active
The resting brain.
Resting spores.
Vesting
A waist-length, sleeveless garment worn for protection
A warm down vest.
A bulletproof vest.
Resting
The action of rest
Vesting
A fabric trim worn to fill in the neckline of a woman's garment; a vestee.
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Resting
A place where one can rest; a resting place.
Vesting
Chiefly British An undershirt.
Resting
A pause; a break; an interlude.
Vesting
(Obsolete) An ecclesiastical vestment.
Resting
That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
Vesting
To place (authority, property, or rights, for example) in the control of a person or group, especially to give someone an immediate right to present or future possession or enjoyment of (an estate, for example). Used with in
Vested his estate in his daughter.
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Resting
(euphemism) Unemployed; out of work.
Vesting
To invest or endow (a person or group) with something, such as power or rights. Used with with
Vested the council with broad powers.
Vests its employees with full pension rights after five years of service.
Resting
Remaining; stationary.
Vesting
To clothe or robe, as in ecclesiastical vestments.
Resting
Present participle of rest
Vesting
To become legally vested
Stock options that vest after the second year of employment.
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Vesting
To dress oneself, especially in ecclesiastical vestments.
Vesting
(legal) The entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement.
Vesting
(legal) The entitlement of an employee to exercise a stock option after a predetermined period of time.
Vesting
Cloth for making vests.
Vesting
A vest pattern.
Vesting
Present participle of vest
Vesting
Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.