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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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04:09 PM Dec 18 2007 | 回复

emmanuela

Brazil

thank you

10:15 PM Dec 14 2007 | 回复

Karandeep Singh

India

thank you

10:36 AM Dec 13 2007 | 回复

nana9

Algeria

thanks for the topic

01:58 AM Dec 13 2007 | 回复

friend-forever

Pakistan

Welldone

I did not know before

Now I have come to know.

 Thanks a lot

08:26 PM Dec 05 2007 | 回复

Yisus

Yisus

Peru

many thanks!!!

08:12 PM Dec 05 2007 | 回复

sherry qi

sherry qi

China

thank u

07:55 PM Dec 05 2007 | 回复

thesinhise

Viet Nam

thanks a lot

11:16 AM Dec 05 2007 | 回复

aslama

Tunisia

thanks, it is my first lesson, because i just join this site, i always find problems to express in english without translate or using frensh.

06:53 AM Dec 05 2007 | 回复

pikipikipiki

Thailand

Now I know how to use these two words correctly :) Thank you! 

09:27 AM Nov 29 2007 | 回复

diegothex

diegothex

Peru

very interesting :) thanks a lot :)

05:07 PM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

mimi_style

mimi_style

Morocco

Interested subject, thanks

04:58 PM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

alice-wang

alice-wang

China

hi

01:26 PM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

lol80

lol80

Peru

yeah pretty interesting !thank you so much!!dude!

01:16 PM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

Nourhan

Egypt

thank u aloot

keep it up

12:22 PM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

Larker_Ali

Larker_Ali

Pakistan

thanks teacher i understood what's difference between.

11:58 AM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

Anoushaay

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..

 

11:47 AM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

ALsaher

ALsaher

Saudi Arabia

Thx a lot it is usefull lesson.

11:28 AM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

mbelte

mbelte

Ethiopia

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

           God bless you
 

10:03 AM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

omar_beyaty

Iraq

thank you or your effort

09:22 AM Nov 28 2007 | 回复

Evangl

Evangl

Benin

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

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