Snap vs Sleep - What's the difference?

In uncountable terms the difference between snap and sleep

is that snap is a card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards while sleep is rheum found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

In intransitive terms the difference between snap and sleep

is that snap is to fit or fasten together with a snapping sound while sleep is (Of a spinning top) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

In transitive terms the difference between snap and sleep

is that snap is to take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound) while sleep is to be slumbering in (a state).

In computing terms the difference between snap and sleep

is that snap is Symbolic Network Analysis Programsleep is to wait for a period of time without performing any action.

As nouns the difference between snap and sleep

is that snap is a quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound while sleep is the state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

As verbs the difference between snap and sleep

is that snap is to fracture or break apart suddenly while sleep is to rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

As an interjection snap

is the winning cry at a game of snap.

snap

English

(wikipedia snap)

Noun

A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

A sudden break.

An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.

A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.

A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot)

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

A thin circular cookie or similar good:

a ginger snap

A brief, sudden period of a certain weather;

A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.

It'll be a snap to get that finished.

I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap .

A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris .

(American football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.

A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

(UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.

* 1913 , , Penguin 2006, page 89:

When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.

(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards.

(obsolete) A greedy fellow.

(rfquotek, L'Estrange)

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

* Ben Jonson

He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skilled in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.

briskness; vigour; energy; decision

(slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.

A snapper, or snap beetle.

(Webster 1913)

Derived terms

* snappy

Verb

(transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.

He snapped his stick in anger.

If you bend it too much, it will snap .

* Burke

But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it.

To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

Blazing firewood snaps .

To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.

A dog snaps''' at a passenger. A fish '''snaps at the bait.

To attempt to seize with eagerness.

She snapped at the chance to appear on television.

To speak abruptly or sharply.

He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.

To give way abruptly and loudly.

To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

She should take a break before she snaps .

To flash or appear to flash as with light.

To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

(intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.

To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

* South

He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.

To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

To say abruptly or sharply.

(dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up .

(Granville)

To cause something to emit a snapping sound.

to snap a fastener

to snap a whip

To close something using a snap as a fastener.

To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.

* Sir Walter Scott

MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly.

To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.

(American football) To pass the ball from the center to a back; to hike the ball.

He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.

To misfire.

The gun snapped .

Derived terms

* snap at someone's heels * snap it up * snap one's fingers * snap someone's head off * snap up * unsnap

Interjection

(en-interj)!

The winning cry at a game of .

(British) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar

Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.

(British) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).

(US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

"I just ran over your phone with my car." "Oh, snap !"

(British, Australia, NZ) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

"Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap !"

Synonyms

* (used after simultaneous utterance) jinx

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sleep

English

(wikipedia sleep)

Noun

(uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

I really need some sleep .

We need to conduct an overnight sleep''' test to diagnose your '''sleep problem.

(countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.

I’m just going to have a quick sleep .

(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 ).

Wipe the sleep from your eyes .

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)

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 * sleepy

Verb

To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

You should sleep 8 hours a day .

(Of a spinning top) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

* 1854 , Anne E. Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases

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.

To accommodate in beds.

This caravan can sleep up to four people .

To be slumbering in (a state).

to sleep a dreamless sleep

(Tennyson)

To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

* Atterbury

We sleep over our happiness.

To be dead; to lie in the grave.

* Bible, 1 Thessalonians iv. 14

Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.

a question sleeps''' for the present; the law '''sleeps

* Shakespeare

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!

(lb) to wait for a period of time without performing any action

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 * sleepwalk

Troponyms

* (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze

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