Dormant vs. Hibernate — What's the Difference?

Not awake; asleep

To be in a dormant or torpid state during a cold period, especially during the winter.

Present but not active or manifest though capable of becoming so

To be in an inactive or dormant state or period

Temporarily inactive

To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes

(intransitive) To live in seclusion.

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.

(heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.

(architecture) Leaning.

Sleep during winter;

(architecture) A crossbeam or joist.

Be in an inactive or dormant state

A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."

Of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive;

Lying with head on paws as if sleeping

In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;

Not active but capable of becoming active;