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Sleepful vs Sleepless - What's the difference?

sleepful | sleepless |

As adjectives the difference between sleepful and sleepless

is that sleepful is (archaic) strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy while sleepless is characterized by an absence of sleep.

sleepful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy
    • (Webster 1913)

    sleepless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by an absence of sleep.
    • I spent a sleepless night worrying about the exams.

    Derived terms

    * sleeplessly * sleeplessness