The difference between Fall asleep and Go to sleep
When used as verbs, fall asleep means to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep, whereas go to sleep means to fall asleep.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fall asleep and Go to sleep
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Fall asleep as a verb:
To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
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Fall asleep as a verb:
To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.
Examples:
"My left leg has fallen asleep!"
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Fall asleep as a verb (poetic, euphemistic):
To die .
Examples:
"RQ:King James Version Acts 7 60 passage=And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe. And Saul was consenting vnto his death."
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Go to sleep as a verb:
To fall asleep
Examples:
"Go to sleep at the same hour every night."