dormancy vs slumber

dormancy and slumber both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dormancy	Yes	No	No	No
slumber	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of dormancy include hibernation, aestivation, estivation.

dormancy (noun)	slumber (noun)
quiet and inactive restfulness	a dormant or quiescent state
a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction	a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

dormancy (verb)	slumber (verb)
	be asleep