waken vs bring around

waken and bring around both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
waken	No	No	Yes	No
bring around	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bring around is a hyponym of waken; that is, bring around is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than waken:

Other hyponyms of waken include reawaken, bring back, bring round, bring to, call.

waken (verb)	bring around (verb)
stop sleeping	call to mind
cause to become awake or conscious	provide a cure for, make healthy again
	cause to adopt an opinion or course of action