What's the difference between drowsy and sleepy?

Drowsy


Definition:

  • (superl.) Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
  • (superl.) Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
  • (superl.) Dull; stupid.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) YOH shifted the healthy subjects' mood towards feeling panicked, elevated systolic blood pressure and plasma prolactin concentrations, reduced digit symbol substitution, and induced drowsiness and passiveness.
  • (2) Side-effects (pruritus, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness) were also noted.
  • (3) MIDAZOLAM IS SUPERIOR TO DIAZEPAM IN CERTAIN WAYS: it has a more rapid onset; produces greater anterograde amnesia, less postoperative drowsiness, less venous irritation and less likelihood of thrombophlebitis development.
  • (4) Drowsiness and altered taste perception were increased significantly over placebo only in the high-dose azelastine group.
  • (5) Long-acting drugs and techniques that are associated with excessive drowsiness or nausea and vomiting should not be utilized.
  • (6) At altitude, temazepam led to less wakefulness and to drowsy sleep--there were no prolonged sleep latencies.
  • (7) The lowest recovery rate was observed in drowsy patients operated on between 4 and 10 days from the hemorrhage.
  • (8) Fatigue, drowsiness, and attention were self-rated using visual analogue scales; oral temperature was self-measured and a letter cancellation test was performed.
  • (9) Experimental evidence shows that during drowsiness, disfacilitation in thalamic and cortical neurons (by partial removal of influences from mesopontine, posterior hypothalamic, and basal forebrain activating systems) may coexist with active hypnogenic mechanisms.
  • (10) Ethanol alone impaired manual dexterity, increased drowsiness, reduced 'clearheadedness' and also tended to reduce feelings of aggression.
  • (11) However, both isomers showed different effects on the EEG and animal's behavior following convulsions; e.g., the cocaine-induced convulsions were followed by low-voltage fast waves in the EEGs associated with behavioral hyperexcitation, while pseudococaine-induced convulsions were followed by high-voltage slow waves associated with behavioral depression and drowsiness with intermittent sleep.
  • (12) However, mice treated topically with spiperone, unlike those treated systemically, exhibited no drowsiness or other evidence of central nervous system effects.
  • (13) The drug reduced the frequency of transitions into wakefulness and stage 1 (drowsiness) and reduced the time spent in stage 1; there was a withdrawal rebound.
  • (14) Adverse reactions to phenothiazines, including hypotension, sedation, drowsiness, extrapyramidal symptoms, tardive dyskinesia, cardiac toxicity and agranulocytosis, are often more common and severe than those attributed to narcotic analgesics.
  • (15) Apomorphine produced severe drowsiness in the PPS patients.
  • (16) Patients who received lorazepam or oxazepam also experienced significantly more severe drowsiness than those patients receiving methylprednisolone (both P less than 0.001).
  • (17) Side effects (principally drowsiness, ataxia, headache) occurred mainly during the initiation of therapy and decreased during therapy.
  • (18) Adverse effects of H1 blockers on the brain, such as drowsiness, may be produced as a consequence of this inhibitory action.
  • (19) The differences included slower alpha and more theta during THC experiences, reminiscent of initial drowsiness EEG, and of some results in schizophrenia.
  • (20) Neurological examination on admission: The patient was in drowsy state, papilledema on the both sides and right hemiparesis including the face were noted.

Sleepy


Definition:

  • (n.) Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
  • (n.) Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
  • (n.) Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
  • (n.) Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Aside from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness was on average often the first symptom and began at a mean age of 36 years.
  • (2) Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by sleepiness and episodes of cataplexy.
  • (3) Nominees: Sticks and Stones, Maroon Productions for Channel 4 Charlie and Lola "I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed", Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Children's Breakthrough Award - Behind the Screen Jonathan Smith - Make Me Normal, Century Films for Channel 4 "The jury said that this year's winner had directed a moving and inspiring documentary which forced the audience to consider the impact of autism and Aspergers syndrome and how it can impact on the lives of those it affects."
  • (4) The main disabling symptom of narcolepsy-cataplexy is shown to be the unrelenting excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) based upon controlled studies of socioeconomic effects and the poor response to treatment.
  • (5) We conclude that there is a heterogeneous subpopulation of patients with sleep disorders whose symptoms of daytime sleepiness will show no treatment-related improvement in daytime symptoms if they are evaluated only by the MSLT.
  • (6) At the same time we evaluated the effect of DGAVP on mood, alertness or sleepiness in a double-blind placebo-control design.
  • (7) It is the most preponderant finding among patients referred to diagnostic sleep laboratories, particularly among patients complaining of excessive daytime sleepiness.
  • (8) Before undergoing a polysomnographic examination, 123 patients filled in a questionnaire inquiring about fatigue and sleepiness while driving a vehicle as well as accidents during the past three years.
  • (9) Danger signs of stridor and abnormal sleepiness were poorly recognised (sensitivity 0-50%) by the health care workers, as was audible wheeze.
  • (10) "The business department stopped being a sleepy backwater and became a great office of state," he said.
  • (11) The authors describe the clinical picture of a case with a peak-wave stupor in a 16 year-old patient where the main clinical expression of this disorder was behavioural sleepiness.
  • (12) Migration has turned a sleepy town with a population of 31,000 in 1872 into today's megacity of 21 million, the ninth-biggest city in the world and South America's wealthiest and most important economic hub.
  • (13) The results indicate that a moderate dose of ethanol significantly increases physiological sleepiness during early morning hours even in individuals that are relatively alert at these times.
  • (14) Anxiety trait (Spielberg State Anxiety Trait) did not correlate with sleepiness, but higher anxiety scores were significantly associated with poor performance.
  • (15) Feelings of sleepiness, lasting several hours after waking, were more common after thiopentone than after etomidate.
  • (16) However, the EEG scores strongly suggested that volunteers were more sleepy at 8 h after nitrazepam in comparison to placebo or midazolam.
  • (17) The late nap was more efficient in reducing sleepiness during the last 5 h of the experiments (23.00-04.00).
  • (18) When the effects of age and time of day were partialed out, PLR data suggest that increased sleepiness as measured by MSLT is significantly correlated with increased parasympathetic activity (r = -0.60, p less than 0.01) and not with decreased sympathetic activity (r = -0.24, not significant).
  • (19) REPEATABILITY: scores were high, ranging from 0.92 to 0.99, for all symptoms except flushing (all grades 0.91), nausea (all grades 0.90) and sleepiness (severe, 0.82) (method of Bulpitt et al).
  • (20) These were unrelated to such factors as age of delivery, percentage weight gain, the baby's sex or birth weight, alcohol consumption, smoking, a history of migraine or allergy or other symptoms occurring during pregnancy such as sleepiness and lack of concentration, irritability, loss of interest in job or nightmares.