Awaken vs. Stir — What's the Difference?

Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping

Move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly

To wake up

Move or cause to move slightly

To become aware of something

Arouse strong feeling in (someone); move or excite

To cause to wake up

A slight physical movement

To cause (someone) to become aware; alert or enlighten

A commotion

To stir up or produce (a memory or feeling, for example)

An act of stirring food or drink

(transitive) To cause to become awake.

Prison

(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.

To pass an implement through (a liquid, for example), usually in circular motions, so as to mix or cool the contents

To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.

To use an implement to move or rearrange the fuel in (a fire) to increase light or heat.

(theology) To call to a sense of sin.

To add or mix in (an ingredient, for example) into a liquid or mixture by moving an implement

(rare) awake

To mix together the ingredients of (a liquid, for example) before cooking or use by moving an implement

To cause to become aware.

To move or pass (an implement) through a liquid in order to mix or cool the contents

To become aware.

To cause to move or shift, especially slightly or with irregular motion

To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.

To cause to become active; bestir

Cause to become awake or conscious;

To excite strong feelings in or rouse, as from indifference

Stop sleeping;

To provoke deliberately; incite. Often used with up

Make aware;

To change position slightly

To start to move, especially in rising from sleep

To move about actively or busily

To move away from a customary or usual place or position

To stir or mix a liquid or mixture

To be capable of being stirred

To happen or begin

To be roused or affected by strong feelings

A stirring, mixing, or poking movement

A slight movement

An excited reaction or commotion

Prison.

(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of (a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.

(transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.

(transitive) To incite to action.

(transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.

To disturb, to disrupt.

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

(intransitive) To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.

(intransitive) Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt.

(intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.

(intransitive) To rise from sleep or unconsciousness.

The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)

Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

(slang) Jail; prison.

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.

To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.

To move; to change one's position.

To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.

To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

To rise, or be up, in the morning.

The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

A disorderly outburst or tumult;

Emotional agitation and excitement

A rapid bustling commotion

Move an implement through with a circular motion;

Move very slightly;

Stir feelings in;

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

Affect emotionally;

Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;

To begin moving,

Mix or add by stirring;