The difference between Awaken and Fall asleep

When used as verbs, awaken means to cause to become awake, whereas fall asleep means to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.


check bellow for the other definitions of Awaken and Fall asleep

  1. Awaken as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to become awake.

    Examples:

    "She awakened him by ringing the bell."

  2. Awaken as a verb (intransitive):

    To stop sleeping; awake.

    Examples:

    "Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face."

  3. Awaken as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.

    Examples:

    "Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!"

    "We hope to awaken your interest in our programme."

  4. Awaken as a verb (theology):

    To call to a sense of sin.

  5. Awaken as a verb (rare):

  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."