come alive vs waken

come alive and waken both are verbs.

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

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

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

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