passenger car vs sleeper

sleeper vs passenger car

passenger car and sleeper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
passenger car	Yes	No	No	No
sleeper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sleeper is a hyponym of passenger car; that is, sleeper is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than passenger car:

passenger car: a railcar where passengers ride
sleeper: a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

Other hyponyms of passenger car include buffet car, diner, dining car, dining compartment, nonsmoker, nonsmoking car, chair car, drawing-room car, palace car, parlor car, parlour car, Pullman, Pullman car, sleeping car, wagon-lit, smoker, smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment.

passenger car (noun)	sleeper (noun)
a railcar where passengers ride	an unexpected hit
	tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
	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 passenger car and sleeper

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