sleeping vs relaxation

relaxation vs sleeping

sleeping and relaxation both are nouns.

sleeping is an adjective but relaxation is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sleeping	Yes	Yes	No	No
relaxation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, relaxation is a hypernym of sleeping; that is, relaxation is a word with a broader meaning than sleeping:

sleeping: quiet and inactive restfulness
relaxation: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

Other hypernyms of sleeping include ease, repose, rest.

sleeping (noun)	relaxation (noun)
the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate	freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
quiet and inactive restfulness	the act of making less strict
the state of being asleep	a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
	an occurrence of control or strength weakening
	a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
	(physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
	(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

sleeping (adjective)	relaxation (adjective)
lying with head on paws as if sleeping

Difference between sleeping and relaxation

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