Difference between Await and Wait

AWAIT vs WAIT: NOUN

L. A watchman; a guard; also, a spy.
One of a body of musicians, especially in the seventeenth century in England.
An old variety of hautboy or shawm: so called because much used by the waits.
The act of watching; watchfulness.
An ambush; a trap; a plot: obsolete except in the phrase to lie in wait.
The act of waiting: as, a wait for the train at a station.
Time occupied in waiting; delay; an interval of waiting; specifically, in theatrical language, the time between two acts. Compare stage-wait.
The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
Time during which some action is awaited
One of a group of musicians employed, usually by a city, to play in parades or public ceremonies.
The act of waiting or the time spent waiting.
One of a group of musicians or carolers who perform in the streets at Christmastime.

To remain or be in readiness.
To stay in one place until another catches up.
To remain or rest in expectation: : stay.
To work as a waiter or waitress.
To remain temporarily neglected, unattended to, or postponed.
To remain or stay in expectation of; await.
To delay (a meal or an event); postpone.
To be a waiter or waitress at.
To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; -- said of a hawk.
To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
To watch; to observe; to take notice.

In wait.
To watch; give heed.
To be in store for; attend; be ready for: as, a glorious reward awaits the good.
To wait for; look for or expect.
To watch for; lie in wait for.

To watch; be on the watch; lie in wait; look out.
To look forward to something; be in expectation: often with for.
To stay or rest in patience or expectation; remain in a state of quiescence or inaction, as till the arrival of some person or event, or till the proper moment or favorable opportunity for action: often with for.
To remain in readiness to execute orders; be ready to serve; be in waiting; perform the duties of an attendant or a servant; hence, to serve; supply the wants of persons at table.
To look at; look toward.
To lie in wait for.
To expect; look for.
To attend to; perform, as a duty.
To be ready to serve; do the bidding of.
To attend upon as a servant; act as attendant to; be in the service of.
To go to see; call upon; visit; attend.
To escort; accompany; attend; specifically, to attend as bridesmaid or groomsman.
To attend or follow as a consequence; be associated with; accompany.
To observe; examine; take notice of; expect; watch for; look out for.
To plan; scheme; contrive.
To seek.
To stay for; attend; await; expect.
To defer; put off; keep waiting: said of a meal.
To attend upon; accompany; escort.
To follow as a consequence of something; attend upon.
Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

Bide, Hold, Delay, Anticipate, See, Hope, Eyed, Expected, Face, Waits, Waiting, Pending, Look, Expect, Wait

Awaiting, Postpone, See, Defer, Sit, Bide, Time lag, Hold back, Hold off, Hold, Postponement, Look, Expect, Delay, Await

Beckon, Want, Hold, Delay, Anticipate, See, Hope, Eyed, Expected, Face, Waiting, Pending, Look, Expect, Wait

Linger, Awaited, Leave, Want, Take, Come, See, Defer, Sit, Hold off, Hold, Look, Expect, Delay, Await

Dogs and cats throughout New Jersey await adoption.
Singapore Slings, Little India, Chinatown and more await!
Lush, green pastures await your horses or cattle.
Choose your final destination, Many hungry females await.
Flexible and at home jobs for moms await!
Wounded troops await transport to a ship hospital.
The calls are blocking somehow, test async await?
Await Approval of the Skilled Labor Visa COE.
Special meals, local fun, plus great birding await!
For just as the things that I have predicted await you, so the thirst and torment that are prepared await them.

My question is to buy now or wait?
Please be prepared to wait because this procedure takes time, so please be prepared to wait.
Then he would wait and wait and not do anything so that many of these laws were not implemented for years.
And must wait, must stand and wait, for there he was at the trough before me.
Yet despite their frustrations, when they arrive at the courthouse, they sit and wait for, minimally, two hours; some wait all day.
Please wait outside the designated entry door and wait for your trainer to escort you into the building.
The minimum wait time of the summarized timed wait events.
After we were shown the coach the finance folks made us wait and wait.
If a treatment can wait without harming the patient, then you should wait to gain consent.
So there is one more wait called Fluent wait.