drowse vs wake up

drowse

verb
  • To nod off; to fall asleep. 

  • To be sleepy and inactive. 

  • To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.) 

  • To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. 

noun
  • The state of being sleepy and inactive. 

wake up

verb
  • To awake. 

  • To awaken somebody. 

  • To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand. 

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