Forget vs Sleep - What's the difference?
forget | sleep |
To lose remembrance of.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
To unintentionally not do, neglect.
To unintentionally leave something behind.
To cease remembering.
(slang) (euphemism for) fuck, screw (a mild oath).
(uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
(countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
(uncountable) Rheum found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness ).
A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
* 1843 , Joh Müller, ?John Bell, Elements of Physiology (page 808)
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
(Of a spinning top) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
* 1854 , Anne E. Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases
To accommodate in beds.
To be slumbering in (a state).
To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
* Atterbury
To be dead; to lie in the grave.
* Bible, 1 Thessalonians iv. 14
To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
* Shakespeare
(lb) to wait for a period of time without performing any action
In lang=en terms the difference between forget and sleep
is that forget is to cease remembering while sleep is to be slumbering in (a state).As verbs the difference between forget and sleep
is that forget is to lose remembrance of while sleep is to rest in a state of reduced consciousness.As a noun sleep is
(uncountable) the state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.forget
English
Verb
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten .
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- I forgot my car keys.
- Let's just forget about it.
- Forget you!
Usage notes
* In sense 1 and 4 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In sense 2 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. * SeeSynonyms
* obliviate, overlook, pass over, disrememberAntonyms
* acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisceDerived terms
* forget about * forgetful * forget-me-not * forget oneself * forgettable * forgetter * unforgettableReferences
* *sleep
English
(wikipedia sleep)Noun
- I really need some sleep .
- We need to conduct an overnight sleep''' test to diagnose your '''sleep problem.
- I’m just going to have a quick sleep .
- Wipe the sleep from your eyes .
- The daily sleep of plants, and their winter sleep, present in this respect exactly similar phenomena
Synonyms
* See also * (rheum) (l) (slang), (l) (UK dialectal), sleepy dust (informal)Derived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "sleep") * asleep * beauty sleep * big sleep * biphasic sleep * dead sleep * deep sleep * divided sleep * dog sleep * electrosleep * go to sleep * morning sleep * orthodox sleep * polyphasic sleep * put to sleep * REM sleep * segmented sleep * sleep apnea * sleep-charged * sleep debt * sleep deprivation * sleep disorder * sleepful * sleep-learning * sleepless * sleep mask * sleep mode * sleepover * sleep paralysis * sleep schedule * sleep spindle * sleeptalk * sleepyVerb
- You should sleep 8 hours a day .
- A top sleeps when it moves with such velocity, and spins so smoothly, that its motion is imperceptible.
- When a top is sleeping , it is spinning but not precessing.
- This caravan can sleep up to four people .
- to sleep a dreamless sleep
- (Tennyson)
- We sleep over our happiness.
- Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
- a question sleeps''' for the present; the law '''sleeps
- How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!