awake vs inactive

awake

adj
  • Not asleep; conscious. 

  • Alert, aware. 

verb
  • To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy. 

  • To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. 

  • To make aware of something. 

  • To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy. 

  • To become conscious after having slept. 

  • To excite or to stir up something latent. 

inactive

noun
  • A person who does not take action. 

adj
  • Showing no optical activity in polarized light. 

  • Retired from duty or service. 

  • Not engaging in physical activity. 

  • Relatively inert. 

  • Not functioning or operating; broken down 

  • Not active, temporarily or permanently. 

How often have the words awake and inactive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )