Difference between Dormant and Sleeping

What is the difference between Dormant and Sleeping?

Dormant as an adjective is inactive, asleep, suspended. while Sleeping as an adjective is asleep

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Inactive, asleep, suspended.

Example sentence: What I found with depression was that it occurred when I was lying dormant, when I had nothing better to do.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: asleepused for sleep; used to produce sleep.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the state or act of being asleep.

Example sentence: I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

We hope you now know whether to use Dormant or Sleeping in your sentence.