come alive vs wake up

come alive and wake up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come alive	No	No	Yes	No
wake up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, come alive and wake up are synonyms defined as:

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

come alive (verb)	wake up (verb)
stop sleeping	stop sleeping
	cause to become awake or conscious