Wake vs. Funeral — What's the Difference?

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).

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor.

To cease to sleep; become awake

A ceremony or service held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation

To stay awake

A ceremony or group of ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person.

To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness

(Archaic) The eulogy delivered or the sermon preached at such a ceremony.

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

The burial procession accompanying a body to the grave.

To cause to come out of sleep; awaken.

An end or a cessation of existence.

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

(Slang) A source of concern or care

To make aware; alert or enlighten

Of, relating to, or resembling a funeral.

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

A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

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

A funeral sermon.

An annual vacation.

(uncommon) funereal

The visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water

The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; - formerly used in the plural.

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

The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.

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

A funeral sermon; - usually in the plural.

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

Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.

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

A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated;

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

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

To be or remain awake; not to sleep.

(obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch

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

The act of waking, or state of being awake.

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

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.

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.

A number of vultures assembled together.

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

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;