Aware vs. Wary

Awareadjective

Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

‘Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.’;

Waryadjective

Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent.

‘He is wary of dogs.’;

Awareadjective

Conscious or having knowledge of something.

‘Are you aware of what is being said about you?’;

Waryadjective

Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

Awareadjective

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

Waryadjective

Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.

‘We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men.’;

Awareadjective

Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.

‘Aware of nothing arduous in a taskThey never undertook.’;

Waryadjective

Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

‘It behoveth our words to be wary and few.’;

Awareadjective

(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing realization or perception;

‘was aware of his opponent's hostility’; ‘became aware of her surroundings’; ‘aware that he had exceeded the speed limit’;

Waryadjective

marked by keen caution and watchful prudence;

‘they were wary in their movements’; ‘a wary glance at the black clouds’; ‘taught to be wary of strangers’;

Awareadjective

bearing in mind; attentive to;

‘ever mindful of her health’; ‘mindful of his responsibilities’; ‘mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action’;

Waryadjective

openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Awareadjective

aware or knowing;

‘a witting tool of the Communists’;

Awareadjective

(usually followed by `of') having knowledge or understanding;

‘our youth are cognizant of the law’; ‘I am well aware of his limitations’;

Awareadjective

alert and fully informed;

‘politically aware’; ‘a knowing collector of rare books’; ‘the most...technically aware of the novelists under thirty’; ‘surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on’;