pick vs garner

pick and garner both are nouns.

pick and garner both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pick	Yes	No	Yes	No
garner	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

pick: look for and gather
garner: assemble or get together

Other hypernyms of pick include collect, gather, pull together.

pick (noun)	garner (noun)
the act of choosing or selecting	a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
the person or thing chosen or selected
the best people or things in a group
the quantity of a crop that is harvested

pick (verb)	garner (verb)
remove in small bits	assemble or get together
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits	store grain
select carefully from a group	acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
harass with constant criticism
eat intermittently; take small bites of
hit lightly with a picking motion
look for and gather
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
provoke
pay for something
pilfer or rob

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