success vs sleeper

sleeper vs success

success and sleeper both are nouns.

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

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

success: a person with a record of successes
sleeper: an unexpected achiever of success

Other hyponyms of success include first lady, great, highflier, highflyer, natural.

success (noun)	sleeper (noun)
an attainment that is successful	an unexpected hit
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose	tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
a person with a record of successes	a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
a state of prosperity or fame	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 success and sleeper

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