activity vs sleeping

sleeping vs activity

activity and sleeping both are nouns.

activity is not an adjective while sleeping is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
activity	Yes	No	No	No
sleeping	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, sleeping is a hyponym of activity; that is, sleeping is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than activity:

activity: an organic process that takes place in the body
sleeping: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

Other hyponyms of activity include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, insemination, reaction, response, crying, tears, weeping, ablactation, anastalsis, discharge, emission, expelling, expectoration, festering, maturation, suppuration, healing, hypostasis, lachrymation, lacrimation, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

activity (noun)	sleeping (noun)
any specific behavior	the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically	quiet and inactive restfulness
an organic process that takes place in the body	the state of being asleep
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being active
(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

activity (adjective)	sleeping (adjective)
	lying with head on paws as if sleeping

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