pick up vs lift

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

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

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

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

pick up (noun)	lift (noun)
	the act of raising something
	plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
	the act of giving temporary assistance
	a ride in a car
	transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
	lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
	a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
	one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
	a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
	the event of something being raised upward
	a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
	the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

pick up (verb)	lift (verb)
gain or regain energy	perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
improve significantly; go from bad to good	remove from a surface
lift out or reflect from a background	put an end to
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally	remove (hair) by scalping
eat by pecking at, like a bird	rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
take into custody	invigorate or heighten
take up by hand	raise in rank or condition
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism	remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift	take off or away by decreasing
take and lift upward	cancel officially
perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily	call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
register (perceptual input)	make audible
buy casually or spontaneously	take hold of something and move it to a different location
gather or collect	raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
get in addition, as an increase	take (root crops) out of the ground
meet someone for sexual purposes	fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
	raise from a lower to a higher position
	move upwards
	move upward
	make off with belongings of others
	take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
	pay off (a mortgage)
	take illegally
	rise up