recover vs perk up

recover and perk up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recover	No	No	Yes	No
perk up	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of recover include gain vigor, percolate, perk, pick up, snap back.

recover (verb)	perk up (verb)
get over an illness or shock	gain or regain energy
regain a former condition after a financial loss	cause to be alert and energetic
get or find back; recover the use of
regain or make up for
reuse (materials from waste products)
cover anew