The difference between Nap and Sleep
When used as nouns, nap means a short period of sleep, especially one during the day, whereas sleep means the state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
When used as verbs, nap means to have a nap, whereas sleep means to rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
check bellow for the other definitions of Nap and Sleep
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Nap as a noun:
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
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Nap as a verb:
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
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Nap as a verb:
To be off one's guard.
Examples:
"The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse."
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Nap as a noun:
A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
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Nap as a noun:
The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
Examples:
"If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction."
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Nap as a verb:
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
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Nap as a noun (British):
A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
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Nap as a noun (uncountable, card games):
A card game in which players take tricks; properly .
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Nap as a noun:
A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
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Nap as a verb (obsolete):
To grab; to nab.
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Nap as a verb (cooking):
To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive).
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Nap as a noun (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):
A cup, bowl.
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Sleep as a verb (intransitive):
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
Examples:
"You should sleep 8 hours a day''."
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Sleep as a verb (intransitive, of a [[spinning top]] or [[yo-yo]]):
To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
Examples:
"When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not [[precessing]]."
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Sleep as a verb (transitive):
To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
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Sleep as a verb (transitive):
To accommodate in beds.
Examples:
"This caravan can sleep up to four people''."
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Sleep as a verb (transitive):
To be slumbering in (a state).
Examples:
"to sleep a dreamless sleep"
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Sleep as a verb (intransitive):
To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
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Sleep as a verb (intransitive):
To be dead; to lie in the grave.
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Sleep as a verb (intransitive):
To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
Examples:
"a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps"
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Sleep as a verb (computing, intransitive):
To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
Examples:
"After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again."
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Sleep as a noun (uncountable):
The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
Examples:
"I really need some sleep''."
"We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem."
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Sleep as a noun (countable, informal):
An act or instance of sleeping.
Examples:
"I’m just going to have a quick sleep''."
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Sleep as a noun (informal, by extension):
A night.
Examples:
"usex There are only three sleeps till Christmas!"
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Sleep as a noun (uncountable):
Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
Examples:
"synonyms: sleepy q1=informasleeper q2=informasleepy dust q3=informacrusty q4=slang gound q5=UK dialectal"
"Wipe the sleep from your eyes''."
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Sleep as a noun:
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.
Examples:
"synonyms nyctinasty nyctitropism"
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Sleep as a noun:
The hibernation of animals.