saboteur vs sleeper

sleeper vs saboteur

saboteur and sleeper both are nouns.

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

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

saboteur: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
sleeper: 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

saboteur (noun)	sleeper (noun)
someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks	an unexpected hit
a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader	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

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