event vs wake

event and wake both are nouns.

event is not a verb while wake is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
event	Yes	No	No	No
wake	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, wake is a hyponym of event; that is, wake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than event:

event: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
wake: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

Other hyponyms of event include materialisation, materialization, offspring, aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, bandwagon effect, brisance, butterfly effect, by-product, byproduct, change, coattails effect, Coriolis effect, dent, domino effect, harvest, impact, wallop, influence, knock-on effect, branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth, product, placebo effect, position effect, repercussion, reverberation, response, fallout, side effect, spillover.

event (noun)	wake (noun)
something that happens at a given place and time	a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory	the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon	the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
a special set of circumstances

event (verb)	wake (verb)
	be awake, be alert, be there
	stop sleeping
	cause to become awake or conscious
	to alert someone to something
	arouse or excite feelings and passions

Difference between event and wake

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