receive vs pick up

receive and pick up both are verbs.

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

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

receive (verb)	pick up (verb)
convert into sounds or pictures	gain or regain energy
receive a specified treatment (abstract)	improve significantly; go from bad to good
accept as true or valid	lift out or reflect from a background
regard favorably or with disapproval	get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival	eat by pecking at, like a bird
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament	take into custody
express willingness to have in one's home or environs	take up by hand
register (perceptual input)	fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)	give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
receive as a retribution or punishment	take and lift upward
get something; come into possession of	perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
have or give a reception	register (perceptual input)
experience as a reaction	buy casually or spontaneously
	gather or collect
	get in addition, as an increase
	meet someone for sexual purposes