Death and Sleep

Death

Death noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.

Usage example: we were all saddened by the death of our friend

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Sleep and death are semantically related. in end of life topic. In some cases you can use "Sleep" instead a noun "Death".

Nearby Words: deathly, deathless

Sleep noun - The state of being dead.

Usage example: a grieving widower longing to join his beloved wife in her eternal sleep

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Death and sleep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Death" instead a noun "Sleep".

human	human death	human sleep
old	old death	old sleep
good	good death	good sleep
nice	nice death	nice sleep
Other adjectives: long, normal, natural, instant, actual, real, little, black, peaceful, permanent, apparent, last, horrific.

Saint Seiya has the heroes fight Hades, god of the underworld... and his minion gods Thanatos and Hypnos, gods of death and sleep, respectively.

Source: Enemies with Death
The main character, Quoyle, has trouble explaining this to his young daughter, who doesn't quite understand the difference between death and sleep.

Source: Waking Up at the Morgue
He is tried, convicted, and put to death, but the Daemon had an agent that somehow made him simply be put to sleep instead of dying.

Source: Death by Origin Story