bring back vs waken

bring back and waken both are verbs.

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

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

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

bring back (verb)	waken (verb)
call to mind	stop sleeping
bring back to the point of departure	cause to become awake or conscious