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sleep vs paradoxical sleep

paradoxical sleep vs sleep

sleep and paradoxical sleep both are nouns.

sleep is a verb but paradoxical sleep is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sleep Yes No Yes No
paradoxical sleep Yes No No No
As nouns, paradoxical sleep is a hyponym of sleep; that is, paradoxical sleep is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sleep:
  • sleep: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
  • paradoxical sleep: a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
Other hyponyms of sleep include sleeping, nonrapid eye movement, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM, NREM sleep, orthodox sleep, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, REM, REM sleep, shut-eye, shuteye.
sleep (noun) paradoxical sleep (noun)
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
a period of time spent sleeping
sleep (verb) paradoxical sleep (verb)
be asleep
be able to accommodate for sleeping
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