Sleep vs Retire - What's the difference?
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(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
(rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
(dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
* Sir Philip Sidney
* Sir J. Davies
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
(transitive, cricket, of a batsman) to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat
(transitive, baseball, of a fielder), to make a defensive play which results in a runner or the batter being put out
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from business
To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
As verbs the difference between sleep and retire
is that sleep is to rest in a state of reduced consciousness while retire is .As a noun sleep
is (uncountable) the state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.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!
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 * sleepwalkTroponyms
* (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snoozeSee also
* catnap * rest * shuteye * sleeping * slumber * snooze * zzzReferences
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*retire
English
Noun
(en noun)- At the retire , the cavalry fell back.
Verb
- He retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
- As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray.
- The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
- The board retired the old major.
- Jones retired in favour of Smith.
- Jones retired Smith 6-3.
- I will retire to the study.''
- The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
- Having made a large fortune, he retired .
- He wants to retire at 55.
- Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
- I will retire for the night.