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meet vs pick up

pick up vs meet

meet is a noun but pick up is not a noun.

meet is an adjective but pick up is not an adjective.

meet and pick up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
meet Yes Yes Yes No
pick up No No Yes No
As verbs, pick up is a hyponym of meet; that is, pick up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than meet:
  • meet: get together socially or for a specific purpose
  • pick up: meet someone for sexual purposes
Other hyponyms of meet include reunite, rendezvous, call, call in, visit, celebrate, fete.
meet (noun) pick up (noun)
a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
meet (adjective) pick up (adjective)
being precisely fitting and right
meet (verb) pick up (verb)
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle gain or regain energy
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction improve significantly; go from bad to good
be in direct physical contact with; make contact lift out or reflect from a background
come together get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
meet by design; be present at the arrival of eat by pecking at, like a bird
undergo or suffer take into custody
collect in one place take up by hand
get together socially or for a specific purpose fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
get to know; get acquainted with give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
experience as a reaction take and lift upward
be adjacent or come together 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 meet and pick up

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