pick up vs better

better vs pick up

pick up is not a noun while better is a noun.

pick up is not an adjective while better is an adjective.

pick up and better both are verbs.

pick up is not an adverb while better is an adverb.

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

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

pick up: improve significantly; go from bad to good
better: get better

Other hypernyms of pick up include ameliorate, improve, meliorate.

pick up (noun)	better (noun)
	something superior in quality or condition or effect
	the superior one of two alternatives
	someone who bets
	a superior person having claim to precedence

pick up (adjective)	better (adjective)
	(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
	(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
	(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
	more than half

pick up (verb)	better (verb)
gain or regain energy	get better
improve significantly; go from bad to good	to make better
lift out or reflect from a background	surpass in excellence
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

pick up (adverb)	better (adverb)
	comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
	from a position of superiority or authority

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