exhilarate vs pick up

pick up vs exhilarate

exhilarate and pick up both are verbs.

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

As verbs, pick up is a hypernym of exhilarate; that is, pick up is a word with a broader meaning than exhilarate:

exhilarate: fill with sublime emotion
pick up: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

Other hypernyms of exhilarate include elate, intoxicate, lift up, uplift.

exhilarate (verb)	pick up (verb)
fill with sublime emotion	gain or regain energy
	improve significantly; go from bad to good
	lift out or reflect from a background
	get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
	eat by pecking at, like a bird
	take into custody
	take up by hand
	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

Difference between exhilarate and pick up

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