slumber vs nonrapid eye movement sleep

nonrapid eye movement sleep vs slumber

slumber and nonrapid eye movement sleep both are nouns.

slumber is a verb but nonrapid eye movement sleep is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slumber	Yes	No	Yes	No
nonrapid eye movement sleep	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nonrapid eye movement sleep is a hyponym of slumber; that is, nonrapid eye movement sleep is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slumber:

slumber: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
nonrapid eye movement sleep: a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time

Other hyponyms of slumber include sleeping, nonrapid eye movement, NREM, NREM sleep, orthodox sleep, paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, REM, REM sleep, shut-eye, shuteye.

slumber (noun)	nonrapid eye movement sleep (noun)
a dormant or quiescent state	a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

slumber (verb)	nonrapid eye movement sleep (verb)
be asleep

Difference between slumber and nonrapid eye movement sleep

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