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Sleepish vs Sheepish - What's the difference?

sleepish | sheepish |

As adjectives the difference between sleepish and sheepish

is that sleepish is sleepy; drowsy while sheepish is having the characteristics of a sheep.

sleepish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • sleepy; drowsy
    • Your sleepish''', and more than '''sleepish , security. — Ford.
    (Webster 1913)

    sheepish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the characteristics of a sheep
  • shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed

    • Derived terms

    * sheepishly *