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Sleepwalking vs Noctambulism - What's the difference?

sleepwalking | noctambulism |

As nouns the difference between sleepwalking and noctambulism

is that sleepwalking is the act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep while noctambulism is (rare) sleepwalking.

As a verb sleepwalking

is .

sleepwalking

Noun

  • The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.
  • * 2005 , Marshall Brown, The Gothic Text (page 56)
  • The play presents a whole gamut of such causes, from irrational passions, omens, prophecies, haunted sleepwalkings , nightmares, prodigies of nature, and conjurings, to Laius's ghost in four incarnations

    Verb

    (head)
  • noctambulism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) sleepwalking