Unity difference between start and awake?

In the Unity Editor, the two can function similarily, with the exception of Start being called everytime the script is re-enabled. In a published game, Awake would be called whenever a scene is loaded. Start is called at a later stage and only if the script containing the code for it is enabled.I highly recommend checking this page. It should be useful as a reference for how and when event functions, like Awake and Start, work.

Start() is called everytime your script is enabled, Awake() is called even if your script is disabled, also Awake() is called before Start() method.