come alive vs awaken

come alive and awaken both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come alive	No	No	Yes	No
awaken	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, come alive and awaken are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of come alive include arouse, awake, wake, wake up, waken.

come alive (verb)	awaken (verb)
stop sleeping	cause to become awake or conscious
	stop sleeping
	make aware