scoop up vs scoop

scoop up is not a noun while scoop is a noun.

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

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

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

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