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recover vs pick up

pick up vs recover

recover and pick up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recover No No Yes No
pick up No No Yes No
As verbs, pick up is a hyponym of recover; that is, pick up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recover:
  • recover: get over an illness or shock
  • pick up: gain or regain energy
Other hyponyms of recover include gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up, snap back.
recover (verb) pick up (verb)
get over an illness or shock gain or regain energy
regain a former condition after a financial loss improve significantly; go from bad to good
get or find back; recover the use of lift out or reflect from a background
regain or make up for get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
reuse (materials from waste products) eat by pecking at, like a bird
cover anew 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 recover and pick up

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