Stimulate and Wake

Stimulate

Stimulate verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.
Usage example: research into alternative energy sources has been stimulated by this funding increase

Wake is a synonym for stimulate. In some cases you can use "Wake" instead a verb "Stimulate".

Wake

Wake verb - To cause to stop sleeping.
Usage example: my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Stimulate is a synonym for wake in activity topic. You can use "Stimulate" instead a verb "Wake", if it concerns topics such as stir up, evoke.

Nearby Words: waken, waking, wakened, wakeful, wakening

Common collocations

people stimulate people wake people
beauty stimulate beauty wake beauty
interest stimulate interest wake interest
patient stimulate patient wake patient
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