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Wakes vs Waker - What's the difference?

wakes | waker |

As nouns the difference between wakes and waker

is that wakes is plural of lang=en while waker is one who wakes somebody or something.

As a verb wakes

is third-person singular of wake.

As an adjective waker is

watchful; vigilant; alert.

wakes

English

Noun

(head)
  • A community holiday, particularly in northern England.

    • Derived terms

    * wakes week

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wake)

    • Anagrams

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    waker

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wakyr, from (etyl) wacor, .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Watchful; vigilant; alert.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who wakes somebody or something.
    • Derived terms
    * waker-upper

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