Wake vs. Waken — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wake and Waken
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Definitions
Wake➦
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).
Waken➦
To rouse from sleep; awake
The noise wakened me.
Wake➦
To cease to sleep; become awake
Overslept and woke late.
Waken➦
To rouse from a quiescent or inactive state; stir.
Wake➦
To stay awake
Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter.
Waken➦
To cause to be aware; alert or enlighten
The news wakened the king to his advisers' treachery.
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Wake➦
To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness
Suddenly woke to the danger we were in.
Waken➦
To become awake; wake up
I plan to waken at six o'clock tomorrow. See Usage Note at wake1.
Wake➦
To hold or attend the wake of someone who has died.
Waken➦
To become aware
Wakened to the truth.
Wake➦
To cause to come out of sleep; awaken.
Waken➦
(transitive) To wake or rouse from sleep.
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Wake➦
To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condition; rouse
Wake old animosities.
Waken➦
(intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
Wake➦
To make aware; alert or enlighten
The report woke me to the facts of the matter.
Waken➦
To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
Early, Turnus wakening with the light.
Wake➦
A gathering of people in the presence of the body of a deceased person in order to honor the person and console one another.
Waken➦
To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken.
Wake➦
A parish festival held annually, often in honor of a patron saint.
Waken➦
To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
Then Homer's and Tyrtæus' martial museWakened the world.
Venus now wakes, and wakens love.
They introduceTheir sacred song, and waken raptures high.
Wake➦
An annual vacation.
Waken➦
Cause to become awake or conscious;
He was roused by the drunken men in the street
Please wake me at 6 AM.
Wake➦
The visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water
The wake of a ship.
Waken➦
Stop sleeping;
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Wake➦
A track, course, or condition left behind something that has passed
The war left destruction and famine in its wake.
Wake➦
(intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
I woke up at four o'clock this morning.
Wake➦
(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.
Wake➦
To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
Wake➦
To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
Wake➦
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
Wake➦
To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
Wake➦
(obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch
Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.
Wake➦
(obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
Wake➦
The act of waking, or state of being awake.
Wake➦
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
Wake➦
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.
Wake➦
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.
Wake➦
A number of vultures assembled together.
Wake➦
(nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
Wake➦
The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water.
Wake➦
(aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
Wake➦
(figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object.
Wake➦
The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions.
Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels.
Wake➦
The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.
Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep.
Singing her flatteries to my morning wake.
Wake➦
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
The warlike wakes continued all the night,And funeral games played at new returning light.
The wood nymphs, decked with daises trim,Their merry wakes and pastimes keep.
Wake➦
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.
Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England.
And every village smokes at wakes with lusty cheer.
Wake➦
The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
Wake➦
To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
The father waketh for the daughter.
Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps.
I can not think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it.
Wake➦
To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.
Wake➦
To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; - often with up.
He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding doxology.
Wake➦
To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
Gentle airs due at their hourTo fan the earth now waked.
Then wake, my soul, to high desires.
Wake➦
To rouse from sleep; to awake.
The angel . . . came again and waked me.
Wake➦
To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage.
Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm.
Wake➦
To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
To second lifeWaked in the renovation of the just.
Wake➦
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
Wake➦
The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event);
The aftermath of war
In the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured
Wake➦
An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
Wake➦
The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
The motorboat's wake capsized the canoe
Wake➦
A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial;
There's no weeping at an Irish wake
Wake➦
Be awake, be alert, be there
Wake➦
Stop sleeping;
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Wake➦
Arouse or excite feelings and passions;
The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
Wake old feelings of hatred
Wake➦
Make aware of;
His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation
Wake➦
Cause to become awake or conscious;
He was roused by the drunken men in the street
Please wake me at 6 AM.
