scoop vs scoop up

scoop is a noun but scoop up is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scoop	Yes	No	Yes	No
scoop up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, scoop and scoop up are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of scoop include lift out, scoop out, take up.

scoop (noun)	scoop up (noun)
a large ladle
the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
a news report that is reported first by one news organization
the quantity a scoop will hold
a hollow concave shape made by removing something

scoop (verb)	scoop up (verb)
get the better of	take out or up with or as if with a scoop
take out or up with or as if with a scoop