pick up vs tickle pink

pick up and tickle pink both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pick up	No	No	Yes	No
tickle pink	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, tickle pink is a hyponym of pick up; that is, tickle pink is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pick up:

Other hyponyms of pick up include beatify, puff, beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill.

pick up (verb)	tickle pink (verb)
gain or regain energy	fill with sublime emotion
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