bring around vs waken

bring around and waken both are verbs.

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

As verbs, waken is a hypernym of bring around; that is, waken is a word with a broader meaning than bring around:

Other hypernyms of bring around include arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up.

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