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Wakeup vs Wideawake - What's the difference?

wakeup | wideawake |

As nouns the difference between wakeup and wideawake

is that wakeup is the act of waking up while wideawake is (historical) a type of hat, with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.

wakeup

English

Alternative forms

*wake-up

Noun

  • (en noun)
  • The act of waking up

    • See also

    *wake up

    wideawake

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wide-awake

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A type of hat, with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.
  • * 1884', , "The Author of Beltraffio" in ''The English Illustrated Magazine'' ' 1 (9–10) (June–July 1884).
  • *:"He carried his benevolence to the point of coming to meet me at the little station at which I was to alight, and my heart beat very fast as I saw his handsome face, surmounted with a soft wide-awake , and which I knew by a photograph long since enshrined upon my mantel shelf, scanning the carriage windows as the train rolled up."
  • * 1912 , , "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories"
    • Wisps of white hair straggled from under his wideawake [...].