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recuperate vs pick up

pick up vs recuperate

recuperate and pick up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recuperate No No Yes No
pick up No No Yes No
As verbs, pick up is a hyponym of recuperate; that is, pick up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recuperate:
  • recuperate: get over an illness or shock
  • pick up: gain or regain energy
Other hyponyms of recuperate include gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up, snap back.
recuperate (verb) pick up (verb)
get over an illness or shock gain or regain energy
restore to good health or strength improve significantly; go from bad to good
regain a former condition after a financial loss lift out or reflect from a background
regain or make up for 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 recuperate and pick up

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