Both Wake and Awake have past tenses that can be a bit confusing. The past tense of Wake is "woke" and its past participle is "woken." On the other hand, Awake has "awoke" as its past tense and "awoken" as its past participle. 9 The use of Wake and Awake sometimes varies dependi...
6.Literary:Having to do with literature.Awakeand its various tense forms (awakened, awoke, awakening, etc.) is more likely to be used in creative writing, or literature.Wake, woke, woken, etc., is more likely to be used in conversation and ordinary writing. Examples: I wasawakenedby the...