excite vs pick up

excite and pick up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excite	No	No	Yes	No
pick up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pick up is a hyponym of excite; that is, pick up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than excite:

excite (verb)	pick up (verb)
act as a stimulant	gain or regain energy
produce a magnetic field in	improve significantly; go from bad to good
raise to a higher energy level	lift out or reflect from a background
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of	get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
to evoke sexual feelings	eat by pecking at, like a bird
arouse or elicit a feeling	take into custody
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused	take up by hand
stir feelings in	fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
	give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
	take and lift upward
	perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
	register (perceptual input)
	buy casually or spontaneously
	gather or collect
	get in addition, as an increase
	meet someone for sexual purposes