wake vs alarm

wake and alarm both are nouns.

wake and alarm both are verbs.

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

As verbs, alarm is a hypernym of wake; that is, alarm is a word with a broader meaning than wake:

wake: to alert someone to something
alarm: warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

Other hypernyms of wake include alert.

wake (noun)	alarm (noun)
a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial	a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward	a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)	an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
	fear resulting from the awareness of danger

wake (verb)	alarm (verb)
be awake, be alert, be there	warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
stop sleeping	fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
cause to become awake or conscious
to alert someone to something
arouse or excite feelings and passions

Difference between wake and alarm

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