sleeper vs wrecker

wrecker vs sleeper

sleeper and wrecker both are nouns.

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

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

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
wrecker: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks

Other hypernyms of sleeper include diversionist, saboteur, spy, undercover agent, terrorist.

sleeper (noun)	wrecker (noun)
an unexpected hit	a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water	someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
a passenger car that has berths for sleeping	someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
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 wrecker

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