Stir and Wake

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Stir

Stir verb - To cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly.

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Wake is a synonym for stir in awareness topic. In some cases you can use "Wake" instead a verb "Stir", when it comes to topics like awaken, incite, get up and going.

Nearby Words: stirring, stirred

Wake

Wake verb - To cause to stop sleeping.

Usage example: my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

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Stir is a synonym for wake in awake topic. You can use "Stir" instead a verb "Wake", if it concerns topics such as action, awareness, evoke, awaken.

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

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good	good stir	good wake
similar	similar stir	similar wake
big	big stir	big wake
serious	serious stir	serious wake
Other adjectives: huge, major.

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people	stir people	wake people
way	stir way	wake way
world	stir world	wake world

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Played with in a short story in Fear Itself: The Home Front, in which a bunch of white racists try and stir up American Eagle's neighbors by posing as Native American spirits in the wake of the murder of a white local sheriff.

Source: Peace Pipe

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