pick up vs elevate

elevate vs pick up

pick up and elevate both are verbs.

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

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

pick up: take and lift upward
elevate: raise from a lower to a higher position

Other hypernyms of pick up include bring up, get up, lift, raise.

pick up (verb)	elevate (verb)
gain or regain energy	raise in rank or condition
improve significantly; go from bad to good	raise from a lower to a higher position
lift out or reflect from a background	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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 pick up and elevate

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