Awake vs Attentive - What's the difference?
awake | attentive |
(label) To become conscious after having slept.
* (1904-1989):
*:Each morning when I awake , I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
(label) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
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*:Thenne she called the heremyte syre Vlfyn I am a gentylwoman that wold speke with the knyght whiche is with yow / Thenne the good man awaked Galahad / & badde hym aryse and speke with a gentylwoman that semeth hath grete nede of yow / Thenne Galahad wente to her & asked her what she wold
(label) to excite or to stir up something latent.
To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
*(Edward Augustus Freeman) (1823-1892)
*:The national spirit again awoke .
*(Bible), xv. 34
*:Awake to righteousness, and sin not.
paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely
As adjectives the difference between awake and attentive
is that awake is not asleep; conscious while attentive is paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.As a verb awake
is (label) to become conscious after having slept.awake
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Synonyms
* (conscious) conscious, lucid, wide awakeAntonyms
* (conscious) asleep, unconsciousVerb
Synonyms
* (to gain consciousness) awaken, wake up,Antonyms
* (to gain consciousness) fall asleepDerived terms
* (l)See also
* awake to * awaken * wake * wake upReferences
* * * * * English irregular verbsattentive
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Etymology
.Adjective
(en adjective)- She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.