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Opportunity vs Respite - What's the difference?

opportunity | respite |

As nouns the difference between opportunity and respite

is that opportunity is a chance for advancement, progress or profit while respite is a brief interval of rest or relief.

As a verb respite is

to delay or postpone.

opportunity

English

(wikipedia opportunity)

Noun

(opportunities)
  • A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
    • Having a holiday is a great opportunity to relax.
    I wanted to become a professional, but because of my financial situation there were no opportunities .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Becky Ashton , title=QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity , giving their opponents no time on the ball.}}
  • A favorable circumstance or occasion.

    • Derived terms

    * business opportunity * the ladder of opportunity * Land of Opportunity * equal opportunity * photo opportunity * opportunity cost * when opportunity knocks

    Related terms

    * opportune * opportunist * opportunistic * opportunism

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    respite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brief interval of rest or relief.
  • * Denham
    • Some pause and respite only I require.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I crave but four day's respite .
  • *, chapter=10
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite , and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
  • * 2013 May 23, (Sarah Lyall), " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
    • Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
  • (legal) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
  • (legal) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To delay or postpone.