Sleep and Trance

Sleep

Sleep noun - A natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself.

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Trance and sleep are semantically related in suspension of consciousness topic. In some cases you can use "Trance" instead a noun "Sleep".

Trance noun - The state of being lost in thought.

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Sleep and trance are semantically related in state topic. Sometimes you can use "Sleep" instead a noun "Trance".

sound	sound sleep	sound trance
light	light sleep	light trance
deep	deep sleep	deep trance
induced	induced sleep	induced trance
Other adjectives: last, magical, nightmarish.

In 3rd Edition elves don't sleep, instead they enter a four-hour trance that provides most of the benefits of eight hours of sleep.

Source: The Sleepless
The aliens introduced in The Sims 3: Seasons do not need sleep and instead have a "Brain Power" need, which they can restore by going into a trance-like state.

Source: The Sleepless
In The Order of the Stick, V wakes from a trance with Bad Dreams—which are actually memories, as elves' trance isn't technically sleep.

Source: Bad Dreams

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