Somnolent vs. Stupor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Somnolent and Stupor
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Somnolent
Drowsy; sleepy.
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").
Somnolent
Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.
Stupor
A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness
Staggered around in a drunken stupor.
Somnolent
Drowsy or sleepy.
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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.
Somnolent
(dated) Causing literal or figurative sleepiness.
Stupor
A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
Somnolent
Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them.
Stupor
To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
Somnolent
Inclined to or marked by drowsiness;
Slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes
`slumbery' is archaic
The sound had a a somnolent effect
Stupor
Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
Stupor
Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
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
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
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