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Sleepwalking vs Somnambulism - What's the difference?

sleepwalking | somnambulism |

As nouns the difference between sleepwalking and somnambulism

is that sleepwalking is the act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep while somnambulism is 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)
  • somnambulism

    Noun

    (-)
  • sleepwalking
  • Synonyms

    * (l) (common) * (l) (rare) * (l) (rare) * (l) (rare)