drowse vs halfsleep

drowse

noun
  • The state of being sleepy and inactive. 

verb
  • To nod off; to fall asleep. 

  • To be sleepy and inactive. 

  • To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.) 

  • To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. 

halfsleep

noun
  • State between being awake and being asleep; light sleep. 

adj
  • In halfsleep. 

How often have the words drowse and halfsleep occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )