wake vs upshot

wake and upshot both are nouns.

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

As nouns, upshot is a hypernym of wake; that is, upshot is a word with a broader meaning than wake:

Other hypernyms of wake include consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result.

wake (noun)	upshot (noun)
a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

wake (verb)	upshot (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