pick up vs excite

excite vs pick up

pick up and excite both are verbs.

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

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

pick up: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
excite: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

Other hypernyms of pick up include shake, shake up, stimulate, stir.

pick up (verb)	excite (verb)
gain or regain energy	act as a stimulant
improve significantly; go from bad to good	produce a magnetic field in
lift out or reflect from a background	raise to a higher energy level
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally	stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
eat by pecking at, like a bird	to evoke sexual feelings
take into custody	arouse or elicit a feeling
take up by hand	cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism	stir feelings in
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 excite

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