What is the difference between nap and sleep?

Sleep is a troponym of nap.

As nouns the difference between nap and sleep

is that nap is a short period of sleep, especially one during the day while sleep is the state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

As verbs the difference between nap and sleep

is that nap is to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day while sleep is to rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

nap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) nappen, from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* catnap * dirt nap

Verb

(napp)

to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day

to be off one's guard

* Hudibras

I took thee napping , unprepared.

The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.

Derived terms

* catch napping

Synonyms

* snooze * doze

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , from (etyl)

Noun

(-)

A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.

* 1591 , , by William Shakespeare

I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.

*1851 ,

On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap' to it, like the worn ' nap of his broad-brimmed hat.

* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 37:

There were low bookshelves, there was a thick pinkish Chinese rug in which a gopher could have spent a week without showing his nose above the nap .

Verb

(napp)

to form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather)

Etymology 3

* From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France (Bonaparte)

Noun

(en noun)

(British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips

(uncountable, games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly (Napoleon)

Derived terms

* go nap

Etymology 4

possibly Scandanavian, cognate with nab, see Swedish

Verb

(napp)

(obsolete) to grab; to nab

Derived terms

* kidnap

Etymology 5

From (etyl) napper, from .

Verb

(napp)

(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive)

* 2006 , Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs? :

Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.

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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

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