The difference between Fall asleep and Wake
When used as verbs, fall asleep means to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep, whereas wake means (often followed by up) to stop sleeping.
Wake is also noun with the meaning: the act of waking, or state of being awake.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fall asleep and Wake
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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."
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Wake as a verb (intransitive):
(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
Examples:
"I woke up at four o'clock this morning."
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Wake as a verb (transitive):
(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
Examples:
"The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream."
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Wake as a verb (transitive, figurative):
To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
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Wake as a verb (intransitive, figurative):
To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
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Wake as a verb:
To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
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Wake as a verb:
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
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Wake as a verb:
To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
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Wake as a verb (obsolete):
To be alert; to keep watch
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Wake as a verb (obsolete):
To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
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Wake as a noun (obsolete, poetic):
The act of waking, or state of being awake.
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Wake as a noun:
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
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Wake as a noun:
A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
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Wake as a noun (historical, Church of England):
An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
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Wake as a noun:
The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
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Wake as a noun:
The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
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Wake as a noun (figuratively):
The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.
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Wake as a noun:
A number of vultures assembled together.