The difference between Awake and Fall asleep
When used as verbs, awake means to become conscious after having slept, whereas fall asleep means to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
Awake is also adjective with the meaning: not asleep.
check bellow for the other definitions of Awake and Fall asleep
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Awake as an adjective:
Not asleep; conscious.
Examples:
"synonyms: conscious lucid wide awake Thesaurus:awake"
"ant asleep unconscious Thesaurus:asleep"
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Awake as an adjective (figurative, by extension):
Alert, aware.
Examples:
"synonyms: wary woke Thesaurus:vigilant"
"ant heedless oblivious"
"They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales."
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Awake as a verb (intransitive):
To become conscious after having slept.
Examples:
"synonyms: awakwake up Thesaurus:wake"
"ant fall asleep Thesaurus:fall asleep"
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Awake as a verb (transitive):
To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
Examples:
"synonyms: bring round cry wake up Thesaurus:awaken"
"ant put to sleep"
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Awake as a verb (transitive):
to excite or to stir up something latent.
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Awake as a verb (transitive, figurative):
To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
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Awake as a verb (intransitive, figurative):
To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
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Fall asleep as a verb:
To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
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Fall asleep as a verb:
To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.
Examples:
"My left leg has fallen asleep!"
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Fall asleep as a verb (poetic, euphemistic):
To die .
Examples:
"RQ:King James Version Acts 7 60 passage=And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe. And Saul was consenting vnto his death."