The difference between Await and Listen

When used as verbs, await means to wait for, whereas listen means to pay attention to a sound or speech.

Await is also noun with the meaning: a waiting for.

check bellow for the other definitions of Await and Listen

  1. Await as a verb (transitive, formal):

    To wait for.

    Examples:

    "I await your reply to my letter."

  2. Await as a verb (transitive):

    To expect.

  3. Await as a verb (transitive):

    To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.

    Examples:

    "Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell."

  4. Await as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.

  5. Await as a verb (intransitive):

    To watch, observe.

  6. Await as a verb (intransitive):

    To wait; to stay in waiting.

  1. Await as a noun (obsolete):

    A waiting for; ambush.

  2. Await as a noun (obsolete):

    Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

  1. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To pay attention to a sound or speech.

    Examples:

    "Please listen carefully as I explain.  nowrap I like to listen to music."

  2. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.

    Examples:

    "You should listen for the starting gun."

  3. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.

    Examples:

    "'Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because nowrap I was upset, OK?  nowrap Good children listen to their parents."

  4. Listen as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.

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