pick up vs peck

peck vs pick up

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

pick up and peck both are verbs.

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

As verbs, pick up and peck are synonyms defined as:

pick up and peck: eat by pecking at, like a bird

pick up (noun)	peck (noun)
	a light kiss
	bite by a bird
	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
	a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
	a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

pick up (verb)	peck (verb)
gain or regain energy	bother persistently with trivial complaints
improve significantly; go from bad to good	eat by pecking at, like a bird
lift out or reflect from a background	eat like a bird
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally	kiss lightly
eat by pecking at, like a bird	hit lightly with a picking motion
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 peck

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