awaken vs bring around

awaken and bring around both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
awaken	No	No	Yes	No
bring around	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bring around is a hyponym of awaken; that is, bring around is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than awaken:

Other hyponyms of awaken include reawaken, bring back, bring round, bring to, call.

awaken (verb)	bring around (verb)
cause to become awake or conscious	call to mind
stop sleeping	provide a cure for, make healthy again
make aware	cause to adopt an opinion or course of action