Wake vs Near - What's the difference?
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(often followed by up ) To stop sleeping.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
(often followed by up ) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
* Bible, Zech. iv. 1
(figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
* Milton
* J. R. Green
(figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
* Milton
* Keble
To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
* Bible, Eccles. xlii. 9
* Milton
* John Locke
(obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete, poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
* Dryden
* Milton
A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.
(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.
* Ld. Berners
* Drayton
The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
(figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.
* De Quincey
* Thackeray
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Physically close.
* Dryden
Closely connected or related.
* Bible, Leviticus xviii. 12
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
(of an event) Approaching.
Approximate, almost.
(dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
(obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
* Milton
(obsolete, slang) Stingy; parsimonious.
Having a small intervening distance with regard to something.
(colloquial) nearly
* 1666 Samuel Pepys Diary and Correspondence (1867)
* 1825 David Hume, Tobias George Smollett The History of England p. 263
* 2003 Owen Parry Honor's Kingdom p. 365
* 2004 Jimmy Buffett A Salty Piece of Land p. 315, p. 35
* 2006 Juliet Marillier The Dark Mirror p. 377
Close to, in close proximity to.
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In obsolete terms the difference between wake and near
is that wake is to sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel while near is immediate; direct; close; short.As verbs the difference between wake and near
is that wake is (often followed by up) To stop sleeping while near is to come closer to; to approach.As nouns the difference between wake and near
is that wake is the act of waking, or state of being awake while near is the left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.As a proper noun Wake
is {{surname|lang=en}.As an adjective near is
physically close.As an adverb near is
having a small intervening distance with regard to something.As a preposition near is
close to, in close proximity to.wake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) waken'', (etyl) ''wacan * Middle English wakien'', Old English ''wacianVerb
- I woke up at four o'clock this morning.
- How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.
- The angel came again and waked me.
- The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.
- lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage
- Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm.
- Gentle airs due at their hour / To fan the earth now waked .
- Then wake , my soul, to high desires.
- The father waketh for the daughter.
- Though wisdom wake , suspicion sleeps.
- I cannot think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it.
- The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, / Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.
Noun
(en noun)- Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep.
- Singing her flatteries to my morning wake .
- The warlike wakes continued all the night, / And funeral games played at new returning light.
- The wood nymphs, decked with daises trim, / Their merry wakes and pastimes keep.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) wacu.Noun
(en noun)- Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England.
- And every village smokes at wakes with lusty cheer.
Synonyms
* death watchSee also
* arval, arvelEtymology 3
Probably (etyl), from (etyl) , Icelandic ).Noun
(en noun)- This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions.
- Several humbler persons formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels.
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See also
* in the wake of * wakesEtymology 4
See also
* flocknear
English
Synonyms
* near sideAntonyms
* off sideSee also
* nearsideAdjective
(er)- He served great Hector, and was ever near , / Not with his trumpet only, but his spear.
- She is thy father's near kinswoman.
- a near friend
- a version near to the original
- a near escape
- The end is near .
- The two words are near synonyms.
- the near''' ox; the '''near leg
- the nearest way
Antonyms
* remoteDerived terms
* near abroad * near-death experience * near-Earth object * Near East * near infrared * near-minimal pair * near miss * near the knuckle * nearly * nearnessAdverb
(er)- I'm near -sighted.
- ...he hears for certain that the Queen-Mother is about and hath near finished a peace with France....
- Sir John Friend had very near completed a regiment of horse.
- Thinking about those pounds and pence, I near forgot my wound.
- "I damn near forgot." He pulled an envelope from his jacket.
- The fire was almost dead, the chamber near dark.
Derived terms
* nearsightedPreposition
(English prepositions)- He entered the inn, and asking for dinner, unbuckled his wallet, and sat down to rest himself near the door.
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- It shied, balked, and whinnied, and in the end he could do nothing but drive it into the yard while the men used their own strength to get the heavy wagon near enough the hayloft for convenient pitching.
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Usage notes
Joan Maling (1983) shows that near'' is best analysed as an adjective with which the use of ''to'' is optional, rather than a preposition. It has the comparative and the superlative, and it can be followed by ''enough''. The use of ''to however is usually British.Antonyms
* far fromSee also
* (wikipedia) * para- * nighReferences
* Joan Maling (1983),Transitive Adjectives: A Case of Categorial Reanalysis'', in F. Henry and B. Richards (eds.), ''Linguistic Categories: Auxiliaries and Related Puzzles , vol.1, pp. 253-289.