awakening vs slumber

awakening

noun
  • A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual. 

  • The act of becoming aware of something. 

  • Being roused into action or activity. 

  • The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. 

adj
  • Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting 

slumber

verb
  • To be inactive or negligent. 

  • To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake. 

noun
  • A state of ignorance or inaction. 

  • The snooze button on an alarm clock. 

  • A very light state of sleep, almost awake. 

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