The difference between Night and Sleep

When used as nouns, night means the period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark, whereas sleep means the state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

When used as verbs, night means to spend a night (in a place), to overnight, whereas sleep means to rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

check bellow for the other definitions of Night and Sleep

  1. Night as a noun (countable):

    The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

    Examples:

    "How do you sleep at night when you attack your kids like that!?"

  2. Night as a noun (countable):

    An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

    Examples:

    "a night on the town"

  3. Night as a noun (countable):

    A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.

    Examples:

    "We stayed at the Hilton for five nights."

  4. Night as a noun (uncountable):

    Nightfall.

    Examples:

    "from noon till night'"

  5. Night as a noun (uncountable):

    Darkness.

    Examples:

    "The cat disappeared into the night."

  6. Night as a noun (uncountable):

    A dark blue colour, midnight blue.

    Examples:

    "color pane002266"

  7. Night as a noun (sports, colloquial):

    A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

  1. Night as a verb:

    To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.

  1. Sleep as a verb (intransitive):

    To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

    Examples:

    "You should sleep 8 hours a day''."

  2. 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]]."

  3. Sleep as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

  4. Sleep as a verb (transitive):

    To accommodate in beds.

    Examples:

    "This caravan can sleep up to four people''."

  5. Sleep as a verb (transitive):

    To be slumbering in (a state).

    Examples:

    "to sleep a dreamless sleep"

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  6. Sleep as a verb (intransitive):

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

  7. Sleep as a verb (intransitive):

    To be dead; to lie in the grave.

  8. 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"

  9. 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."

  1. 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."

  2. Sleep as a noun (countable, informal):

    An act or instance of sleeping.

    Examples:

    "I’m just going to have a quick sleep''."

  3. Sleep as a noun (informal, by extension):

    A night.

    Examples:

    "usex There are only three sleeps till Christmas!"

  4. 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''."

  5. 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"

  6. Sleep as a noun:

    The hibernation of animals.

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