different between soporific vs hypnosis

English

Alternative forms

• soporifick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep?r, from *swep-. Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?p.????f.?k/, /?so?.p????f.?k/

Noun

soporific (plural soporifics)

1. (pharmacology) Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.

2. (figuratively) Something boring or dull.

Translations

Adjective

soporific (comparative more soporific, superlative most soporific)

1. (pharmacology) Tending to induce sleep.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:soporific

   • 1909, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies:

     It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is “soporific.” I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit. They certainly had a very soporific effect upon the Flopsy Bunnies!
2. (figuratively) Boring, dull.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:boring

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French soporifique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.po?ri.fik/

Adjective

soporific m or n (feminine singular soporific?, masculine plural soporifici, feminine and neuter plural soporifice)

1. soporific

   Synonyms: somnifer, soporifer

Declension

English

Etymology

Derived from hypn(otic) +? -osis (“state”, “condition”, nominal derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h?p?no?s?s/

Noun

hypnosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypnoses)

1. A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
2. The art or skill of hypnotism.

Derived terms

• highway hypnosis
• hopenosis
• line hypnosis
• posthypnosis
• prehypnosis
• rehypnosis

Related terms

• hypnotise
• hypnotize
• hypnotic
• hypnotism
• hypnotist

Translations

See also

• somnolism
• mesmerism

Further reading

• hypnosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hypnosis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• hyposins