wake vs awake

 

✅ Wake

Can be a verb (sometimes with “up”).

• Meaning: to stop sleeping or make someone stop sleeping.

  • I usually wake at 6 a.m.

  • She woke up when the alarm rang.

  • Don’t wake the baby!

👉 Forms: wake – woke – woken

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✅ Awake

Can be an adjective or (less commonly today) a verb.

1. Adjective (most common use) → not asleep.

   • I am still awake at midnight.

   • The baby is awake now.

2. Verb (more formal, less common; often in writing) → to wake up.

   • She awoke suddenly from a dream.

   • He has awoken to a new reality.

👉 Forms (verb): awake – awoke – awoken

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🔑 Difference

• Wake (up) = action of stopping sleep.

  • I wake up early every day.

• Awake = state of not sleeping (adjective).

  • I am awake now.

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✨ Quick trick:

• Use wake up to describe the moment you stop sleeping.

• Use awake to describe the condition after that.

👉 Example: I woke up at 6, but I was fully awake by 6:30.