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Difference between 'wake up' & 'get up'

Date: Sep 10 2007

Author: guchhi

Lesson

The difference between wake up and get up is very small. But I thought it would be beneficial to know the exact difference. Wake up is when you wake up from sleep. Get up is when you get out of bed. Usually, when people wake up, they get up. However, sometimes people just stay in bed. In that situation, they couldn't use these two words interchangeably. Here is an example dialog showing the difference.

Person A: 'When did you get up this morning?'
Person B: 'I got up at 11.'
Person A: 'You slept at 11 last night. So you slept for 12 hours?'
Person B: 'No. I actually woke up at 9, but I just stayed in bed.'

When you talk to people, go ahead and use either of these two words. Just keep in mind that there is a small difference.

On a side note. When you ask someone when they woke up, you don't use the past tense of 'woke' although it is referring to the past. 'What time did you woke up this morning' is incorrect. The correct way to ask this question is, 'What time did you wake up this morning?'

Likewise, you wouldn't say, 'What time did you got up?' The correct way to say this is, 'What time did you get up?'

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Nourhan

Egypt

thank u aloot

keep it up

Larker_Ali

Pakistan

thanks teacher i understood what's difference between.

Anoushaay

Bahrain

oH gosh!..i wasn't knowing this slight difference..

and u know what..? i was been taught this little difference when i was in primary school..lmao..

ALsaher

Saudi Arabia

Thx a lot it is usefull lesson.

mbelte

Ethiopia

thanks you for teaching me the diffrence between wake up and get up.

God bless you

omar_beyaty

Iraq

thank you or your effort

Evangl

Benin

That is very interesting. It's small,but it to great.

mumtazmajeed

Pakistan

its rely expressing thainks

nice moon

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

thanks alot

帅杨

China

Thanks.Me too .

pericols

Brazil

all right

cool_gril

United Arab Emirates

Thank you for explain^^

BURNING ICE

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

thanks a lot for this information

cerise50

Morocco

thanks you

rajakumars2003

India

very good difference wakeup & getup

sleepy_cat

United Arab Emirates

Thank you very much, we usually do not care about thse two words, but now after I read your lesson I will take care of using these two words. Thanks agian.

Sleepy_CaT