awake vs watchful

awake

adj
  • Alert, aware. 

  • Not asleep; conscious. 

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. 

watchful

adj
  • Fully observant, vigilant, or aware. 

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