undercover agent vs sleeper

undercover agent and sleeper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
undercover agent	Yes	No	No	No
sleeper	Yes	No	No	No

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

undercover agent: (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
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

Other hyponyms of undercover agent include counterspy, mole, double agent, espionage agent, foreign agent, infiltrator.

undercover agent (noun)	sleeper (noun)
(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors	an unexpected hit
	tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
	a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
	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

undercover agent vs sleeper

undercover agent and sleeper both are nouns.

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