Wake vs. Awake — What's the Difference?

The trail left by something moving.

To cease sleeping.

The aftermath or result of an event.

To bring into a state of awareness.

In fluid dynamics, a wake may either be: the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary blunt body, caused by viscosity, which may be accompanied by flow separation and turbulence, or the wave pattern on the water surface downstream of an object in a flow, or produced by a moving object (e.g. a ship), caused by density differences of the fluids above and below the free surface and gravity (or surface tension).

Vigilant or alert.

To cease to sleep; become awake

To evoke or inspire.

To stay awake

Being conscious and not asleep.

To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness

To rouse from sleep; waken

To hold or attend the wake of someone who has died.

To make aware of

To cause to come out of sleep; awaken.

To stir up (memories, for example).

To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condition; rouse

To wake up.

To make aware; alert or enlighten

To become alert.

A gathering of people in the presence of the body of a deceased person in order to honor the person and console one another.

To become aware or cognizant

A parish festival held annually, often in honor of a patron saint.

Completely conscious; not in a state of sleep.

An annual vacation.

Fully alert; attuned.

The visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water

Not asleep; conscious.

A track, course, or condition left behind something that has passed

Alert, aware.

(intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.

(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

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

To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

(transitive) To make aware of something.

To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

(transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.

To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.

To be or remain awake; not to sleep.

To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

(obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch

To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.

(obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

The act of waking, or state of being awake.

To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.

The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.

Stop sleeping;

A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.

Not in a state of sleep; completely conscious;

A number of vultures assembled together.

Not unconscious; especially having become conscious;

(nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.

(usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive;

The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water.

(aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.

(figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object.

The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.

The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.

The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.

To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.

To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; - often with up.

To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

To rouse from sleep; to awake.

To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.

To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event);

An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii

The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;

A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial;

Be awake, be alert, be there

Stop sleeping;

Arouse or excite feelings and passions;

Make aware of;

Cause to become awake or conscious;

To rouse from sleep.

A ceremony for a deceased person before burial.

To become alert or aware.

The past tense of "wake" is "woke."

Yes, "awake" can be used as an adjective meaning "not sleeping."

Yes, "awoken" is the past participle of "awake."

While similar, they have different uses. It's best to understand each word's specific contexts.

Yes, but it's more common to say "I wake up every morning at 6 am."

The past tense of "awake" is "awoke."

It means "as a result of" or "following an event."

While "awake" is primarily a verb and adjective, "awakening" can be used as its noun form.

Yes, especially in contexts like a boat leaving a "wake" in the water.

Yes, "wake" can be a verb (to rouse from sleep) and a noun (a vigil or aftermath).

Yes, "awake" can also mean becoming conscious or aware of something.

Both words are standard English, but "awake" might sound slightly more formal than "wake" in certain contexts.

"Wake up" is the correct phrase.

"Awaken" is another verb form, similar in meaning to "awake," but they might be used differently based on context.

A "wake" is a ceremony held for a deceased person before burial, allowing loved ones to pay respects.