Awaken vs. Awake
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Difference Between Awaken and Awake
Awakenverb
(transitive) To cause to become awake.
She awakened him by ringing the bell.Awakeadjective
Not asleep; conscious.
Awakenverb
(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.
Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.Awakeadjective
Alert, aware.
They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.Awakenverb
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.Awakeverb
(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
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Awakenverb
(theology) To call to a sense of sin.
Awakeverb
(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
Awakenverb
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Awakeverb
(transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.
Awakenverb
cause to become awake or conscious;
He was roused by the drunken men in the streetPlease wake me at 6 AM.Awakeverb
To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
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Awakenverb
stop sleeping;
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clockAwakeverb
To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
Awakenverb
make aware;
They were awakened to the sad factsAwakeverb
stop sleeping;
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clockAwakeadjective
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious;
lay awake thinking about his new jobstill not fully awakeAwakeadjective
not unconscious; especially having become conscious;
the patient is now awake and alertAwakeadjective
(usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive;
alert to the problemsalive to what is going onawake to the dangers of her situationwas now awake to the reality of his predicament
