Math vs Sleeping - What's the difference?
math | sleeping |
(uncountable, North America)
(uncountable, North America) Arithmetic]] [[calculation, calculations; .
(countable, North America) A math course.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 Asleep.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=
, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
the state or act of being asleep.
* 1995 , Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (page 144)
As nouns the difference between math and sleeping
is that math is a mowing; what is gathered from mowing or math can be (uncountable|north america) or math can be (hinduism|jainism) while sleeping is the state or act of being asleep.As a verb sleeping is
.As an adjective sleeping is
asleep.math
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) math, from (etyl) . See (l).Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
Contraction of mathematics.Alternative forms
* maths (qualifier)Noun
(mathematics)- If you do the math , you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math .
- They needed to take two more maths
Derived terms
* check the math * do the math * new mathEtymology 3
Contraction of matha.Anagrams
* (l) ----sleeping
English
Verb
(head)citation, passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
Adjective
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Derived terms
* sleeping bag * Sleeping Beauty * sleeping car * sleeping hours * sleeping pill * sleeping roomNoun
- there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings .