Thoughts on rest weeks vs deload weeks?

I got sick about 6 weeks back so I had to take a rest week, which was lucky because I was gonna need to de load soon anyway.

I found it to actually be really nice. Sure I felt week when I first came back but didn't take long to feel a lot better. It was so nice I'm considering doing rest weeks instead of deload weeks going forward.

Wondering if any of you have experimented with this, whether one worked better for you than the other, and how often do you take them/when do you know you need to take one?