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In lang=en terms the difference between jump and sleep

is that jump is to increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it while sleep is to be slumbering in (a state).

As verbs the difference between jump and sleep

is that jump is to propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne while sleep is to rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

As nouns the difference between jump and sleep

is that jump is the act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound or jump can be a kind of loose jacket for men while sleep is (uncountable) the state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

As an adverb jump

is (obsolete) exactly; precisely.

As an adjective jump

is (obsolete) exact; matched; fitting; precise.

jump

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from (etyl) {{m, ine-pro, *g??emb-, , to spring, hop, jump}}. Cognate with (etyl) . Related to (l).

Verb

(en verb)
  • To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
  • The boy jumped over a fence.
    Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.
  • To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
  • She is going to jump from the diving board.
  • To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
  • to jump a stream
  • To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
  • To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
  • The sudden sharp sound made me jump .
  • To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
  • The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
  • To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
  • I hate it when people jump the queue.
  • To attack suddenly and violently.
  • The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
  • To engage in sexual intercourse.
  • The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
  • To cause to jump.
  • The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
  • To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
  • To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
  • (cycling) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
  • (obsolete) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
  • * Shakespeare
  • to jump a body with a dangerous physic
  • (smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
  • To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
  • (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
  • (obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with .
  • * Shakespeare
  • It jumps with my humour.
    Synonyms
    * (propel oneself upwards) leap, spring * (cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall) jump down, jump off * (employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location) skydive * (react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently) flinch, jerk, jump out of one's skin, leap out of one's skin, twitch * (To engage in sexual intercourse) hump, jump someone's bones
    Derived terms
    * jumped-up * jumper * jumpily * jumpy * jump about * jump around * jump at * jump down * jump down someone's throat * jump for joy * jump in * jump in one's skin * jump leads * jump off * jump on * jump out * jump out at * jump up * jump out of one's skin * jump rope * jump seat * jump ship * jump shot * jump-start * jump suit * jump the gun * jump the shark See also'' jumped''', '''jumper''' ''and'' ' jumping

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
  • * John Locke
  • To advance by jumps .
  • An effort; an attempt; a venture.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Our fortune lies / Upon this jump .
  • (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
  • (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
  • An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
  • The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.
  • An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
  • There were a couple of jumps from the bridge.
  • An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
  • She was terrified before the jump , but was thrilled to be skydiving.
  • An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
  • A jumping move in a board game.
  • the knight's jump in chess
  • A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
  • Press jump to start.
  • (sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
  • Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.
  • An early start or an advantage.
  • He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
    Their research department gave them the jump on the competition.
  • (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
  • (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
  • Synonyms
    * (instance of propelling oneself into the air) leap * (instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location) * (instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location) * (instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body) flinch, jerk, twitch
    Derived terms
    * high jump * * * jump drive * jump jet * jump rope * long jump * triple jump * Walleye jump

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) exactly; precisely
  • * Marcellus, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1, l 64-65
  • Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
    With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • jump names

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) and English jupon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of loose jacket for men.
  • (in plural) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
  • 1000 English basic words

    sleep

    English

    (wikipedia sleep)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
  • I really need some sleep .
    We need to conduct an overnight sleep''' test to diagnose your '''sleep problem.
  • (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
  • I’m just going to have a quick sleep .
  • (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 ).
  • Wipe the sleep from your eyes .
  • 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)
  • 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 * sleepy

    Verb

  • To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
  • You should sleep 8 hours a day .
  • (Of a spinning top) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  • * 1854 , Anne E. Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases
  • 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.
  • To accommodate in beds.
  • This caravan can sleep up to four people .
  • To be slumbering in (a state).
  • to sleep a dreamless sleep
    (Tennyson)
  • To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
  • * Atterbury
  • We sleep over our happiness.
  • To be dead; to lie in the grave.
  • * Bible, 1 Thessalonians iv. 14
  • Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
  • To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
  • a question sleeps''' for the present; the law '''sleeps
  • * Shakespeare
  • How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
  • (lb) to wait for a period of time without performing any action
  • Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the verb "sleep") * besleep * how can you sleep at night * forsleep * outsleep * oversleep * sleep around * sleep-at-noon * sleep in * sleep it off * sleep it out * sleep like a baby * sleep like a log * sleep off * sleep on * sleep out * sleep over * sleep together * sleep with * sleep with the fishes * Sleeping Beauty * sleeping bag * sleeping pill * sleepwalk

    Troponyms

    * (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze

    See also

    * catnap * rest * shuteye * sleeping * slumber * snooze * zzz

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