dreamer vs sleeper

sleeper vs dreamer

dreamer and sleeper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dreamer	Yes	No	No	No
sleeper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sleeper is a hypernym of dreamer; that is, sleeper is a word with a broader meaning than dreamer:

dreamer: someone who is dreaming
sleeper: a rester who is sleeping

Other hypernyms of dreamer include slumberer.

dreamer (noun)	sleeper (noun)
a person who escapes into a world of fantasy	an unexpected hit
someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations	tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
someone who is dreaming	a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
	one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
	a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
	pajamas with feet; worn by children
	a rester who is sleeping
	an unexpected achiever of success
	a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal

Difference between dreamer and sleeper

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