Awaken vs. Awake

Awaken vs. Awake — Is There a Difference?
ADVERTISEMENT

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.

fall asleep
ADVERTISEMENT

Awakenverb

(theology) To call to a sense of sin.

Awakeverb

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

Awakenverb

(rare) nocat=1

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.

ADVERTISEMENT

Awakenverb

stop sleeping;

She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

Awakeverb

To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

Awakenverb

make aware;

They were awakened to the sad facts

Awakeverb

stop sleeping;

She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

Awakeadjective

not in a state of sleep; completely conscious;

lay awake thinking about his new jobstill not fully awake

Awakeadjective

not unconscious; especially having become conscious;

the patient is now awake and alert

Awakeadjective

(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