Paying attention and Wide-awake

Paying attention adjective - Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention.

Wide-awake and paying attention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wide-awake" instead an adverb phrase "Paying attention".

Wide-awake adjective - Not sleeping or able to sleep.

Paying attention and wide-awake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Paying attention" instead an adverb phrase "Wide-awake".