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pick up vs prehend

prehend vs pick up

pick up and prehend both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pick up No No Yes No
prehend No No Yes No
As verbs, prehend is a hypernym of pick up; that is, prehend is a word with a broader meaning than pick up:
  • pick up: take into custody
  • prehend: take into your hands deliberately
Other hypernyms of pick up include clutch, seize, take hold, take hold of.
pick up (verb) prehend (verb)
gain or regain energy take into your hands deliberately
improve significantly; go from bad to good
lift out or reflect from a background
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 prehend

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