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Whole rest has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a musical rest equal in duration to four beats in common time

2

A pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two half rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is four beats.

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