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Drowsy vs Coma - What's the difference?

drowsy | coma |

As an adjective drowsy

is inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.

As a noun coma is

a state of sleep from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma or coma can be (astronomy) a cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

drowsy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
  • I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
  • Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
  • It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
  • Dull; stupid.
  • Derived terms

    * drowsiness

    coma

    English

    (wikipedia coma)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of sleep from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
  • See also
    * persistent vegetative state * brain death

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (comae)
  • (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
  • (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that should be points.
  • (botany) A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
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