pick up vs wise up

wise up vs pick up

pick up and wise up both are verbs.

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

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

pick up: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
wise up: get wise to

Other hyponyms of pick up include get the goods, catch, trip up, ascertain.

pick up (verb)	wise up (verb)
gain or regain energy	get wise to
improve significantly; go from bad to good	cause someone to become aware of something
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 wise up

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