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

  1. Awake as an adjective:

    Not asleep; conscious.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: conscious lucid wide awake Thesaurus:awake"

    "ant asleep unconscious Thesaurus:asleep"

  2. 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."

  1. Awake as a verb (intransitive):

    To become conscious after having slept.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: awakwake up Thesaurus:wake"

    "ant fall asleep Thesaurus:fall asleep"

  2. Awake as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: bring round cry wake up Thesaurus:awaken"

    "ant put to sleep"

  3. Awake as a verb (transitive):

    to excite or to stir up something latent.

  4. Awake as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.

  5. Awake as a verb (intransitive, figurative):

    To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

  1. Fall asleep as a verb:

    To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.

  2. Fall asleep as a verb:

    To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.

    Examples:

    "My left leg has fallen asleep!"

  3. 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."