Drowsy vs. Stupor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Drowsy and Stupor
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Drowsy
Dull with sleepiness; sluggish.
Stupor
Stupor is the lack of critical mental function and a level of consciousness, in which an affected person is almost entirely unresponsive and responds only to intense stimuli such as pain. The word derives from the Latin stupor ("numbness, insensibility").
Drowsy
Produced or characterized by sleepiness.
Stupor
A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness
Staggered around in a drunken stupor.
Drowsy
Inducing sleepiness; soporific.
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Stupor
A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
Drowsy
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
Stupor
A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
Drowsy
Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
Drowsy medicine
Stupor
To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
Drowsy
Boring.
Stupor
Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
Drowsy
Dull; stupid. en
Stupor
Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
Drowsy
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray.
To our age's drowsy bloodStill shouts the inspiring sea.
Stupor
The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;
His mother's deathleft him in a daze
He was numb with shock
Drowsy
Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good.
Stupor
Marginal consciousness;
His grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion and by the blows
Someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
Drowsy
Dull; stupid.
Drowsy
Half asleep;
Made drowsy by the long ride
It seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor
A tired dozy child
The nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair
Drowsy
Showing lack of attention or boredom;
The yawning congregation
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