sleeper vs Rip van Winkle

Rip van Winkle vs sleeper

sleeper and Rip van Winkle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sleeper	Yes	No	No	No
Rip van Winkle	Yes	No	No	No

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

sleeper: a rester who is sleeping
Rip van Winkle: a person who sleeps a lot

Other hyponyms of sleeper include dreamer, sleeping beauty, noctambulist, sleepwalker, somnambulist, snorer, somniloquist.

sleeper (noun)	Rip van Winkle (noun)
an unexpected hit	a person who sleeps a lot
tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water	a person oblivious to social changes
a passenger car that has berths for sleeping	the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens
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 sleeper and Rip van Winkle

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