pick vs rob
rob vs pickpick is a noun but rob is not a noun.
pick and rob both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pick | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| rob | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
rob is a hypernym of
pick; that is, rob is a
word with a broader meaning than pick:
- pick: pilfer or rob
- rob: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
| pick (noun) | rob (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of choosing or selecting | |
| 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) | rob (verb) |
|---|---|
| remove in small bits | take something away by force or without the consent of the owner |
| remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits | rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
| select carefully from a group | |
| 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 |
Words related to "pick"
- action
- ballot
- balloting
- basketball play
- beak
- berry
- blame
- break up
- call forth
- casting
- choice
- choose
- chop
- clean
- cloth
- collect
- coloration
- colouration
- conclusion
- cream
- criticise
- criticize
- cull
- deciding
- decision
- decision making
- determination
- device
- draw
- eat
- edge tool
- election
- elite
- elite group
- evoke
- excerption
- fabric
- favorite
- favourite
- filling
- find fault
- foot
- garner
- gather
- guitar pick
- hack
- hand tool
- hand-pick
- ice pick
- icepick
- kick up
- knock
- material
- mattock
- mushroom
- nibble
- option
- output
- pay
- peck
- pick apart
- pick off
- pick out
- pick over
- pick up
- pickax
- pickaxe
- picker
- picking
- pickings
- piece
- pierce
- pleasure
- plectron
- plectrum
- pluck
- plunk
- production
- provoke
- pull
- pull together
- remove
- rob
- sampling
- select
- selection
- strike
- take
- take away
- textile
- thread
- toothpick
- twang
- volition
- vote
- voting
- way
- weave
- weft
- willing
- withdraw
- woof
- yarn
- yield
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