different between inactive vs sleeping

English

Etymology

From French inactif. See also earlier unactive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ækt?v/
• Rhymes: -ækt?v

Adjective

inactive (comparative more inactive, superlative most inactive)

1. Not active, temporarily or permanently.

   The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant.

   An inactive boy, he rarely exercised and preferred to stay indoors.

2. Not functioning or operating; broken down

   The photocopier is inactive pending repair.

3. Retired from duty or service.

   Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.

4. (chemistry) Relatively inert.

   Aluminium is inactive towards water.

5. (physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light.

   Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.

Synonyms

• (not active): dull, dormant; see also Thesaurus:inactive
• (not functioning or operating): idle

Antonyms

• (not active): active

Derived terms

• inactively
• inactivity

Translations

Anagrams

• antivice, vaticine

French

Verb

inactive

1. first-person singular present indicative of inactiver
2. third-person singular present indicative of inactiver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inactiver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of inactiver
5. second-person singular imperative of inactiver

Adjective

inactive

1. feminine singular of inactif

Latin

Adjective

in?ct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of in?ct?vus

Portuguese

Verb

inactive

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of inactivar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of inactivar
3. first-person singular imperative of inactivar
4. third-person singular imperative of inactivar

Spanish

Verb

inactive

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inactivar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inactivar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of inactivar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of inactivar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sli?p??/
• Rhymes: -i?p??

Verb

sleeping

1. present participle of sleep

Adjective

sleeping (not comparable)

1. Asleep.
2. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

sleeping (countable and uncountable, plural sleepings)

1. The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
   • c. 1380, William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman, I:

     And as I lay and lened and loked in the wateres / I slombred in a slepyng, it swyved so merye.

Translations

Anagrams

• peelings, speeling

French

Noun

sleeping m (plural sleepings)

1. sleeping car

Synonyms

• wagon-lit

Further reading

• “sleeping” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).