Drowsy vs Fatigue - What's the difference?
drowsy | fatigue |
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
Dull; stupid.
A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
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A menial task, especially in the military.
(engineering) A mechanism of material failure involving of crack growth caused by low-stress cyclic loading.
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to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted
(intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
As an adjective drowsy
is inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.As a noun fatigue is
a weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.As a verb fatigue is
to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.drowsy
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Adjective
(er)- I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
- It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
Derived terms
* drowsinessfatigue
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Noun
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- Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.