The difference between Awaken and Knock up

When used as verbs, awaken means to cause to become awake, whereas knock up means to put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. see also .

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  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. Knock up as a verb (colloquial):

    To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also .

    Examples:

    "I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation."

  2. Knock up as a verb (British):

    To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also .

  3. Knock up as a verb (dated):

    To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.

  4. Knock up as a verb (dated, intransitive):

    To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.

  5. Knock up as a verb (slang):

    To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.

    Examples:

    "I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up."

  6. Knock up as a verb (racket sports, intransitive):

    To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.

  7. Knock up as a verb (bookbinding):

    To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.

    Examples:

    "to knock up printed sheets"

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