Is It Awaking or Awakening?

As nouns the difference between awaking and awakening
is that awaking is an act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep while awakening is the act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.

How do you use awaken?

The verb awake is usually used only in writing and in the past tense awoke:She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine. Waken and awaken are much more formal. Awaken is used especially in literature:The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss. Awake is also an adjective:I was awake half the night worrying.

What is the difference between awaken and waken?

Some experts insist that waken acts only as a transitive verb (the sound of traffic wakened him) and that awaken acts only as an intransitive verb (she awakened with the first rooster crow).

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.