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touch vs pick up

pick up vs touch

touch is a noun but pick up is not a noun.

touch and pick up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
touch Yes No Yes No
pick up No No Yes No
As verbs, pick up is a hyponym of touch; that is, pick up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than touch:
  • touch: make physical contact with, come in contact with
  • pick up: take up by hand
Other hyponyms of touch include engage, touch, toe, hit, strike, finger, thumb, feel, feel, palpate, handle, palm, stroke, collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike, brush, skim, skim over, hit, strike, buss, kiss, osculate, snog, kiss, mouth, press, tag.
touch (noun) pick up (noun)
the act of putting two things together with no space between them
the feel of mechanical action
a distinguishing style
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
deftness in handling matters
the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
a suggestion of some quality
a communicative interaction
the event of something coming in contact with the body
a slight but appreciable amount
a slight attack of illness
touch (verb) pick up (verb)
have an effect upon gain or regain energy
color lightly improve significantly; go from bad to good
comprehend lift out or reflect from a background
make a more or less disguised reference to get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
consume eat by pecking at, like a bird
make physical contact with, come in contact with take into custody
be in direct physical contact with; make contact take up by hand
tamper with fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
cause to be in brief contact with give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
affect emotionally take and lift upward
perceive via the tactile sense perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
deal with; usually used with a form of negation register (perceptual input)
be relevant to buy casually or spontaneously
to extend as far as gather or collect
be equal to in quality or ability get in addition, as an increase
meet someone for sexual purposes
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