Collection
Collection noun - An organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure.
Picking and collection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Picking" instead a noun "Collection".
Picking
Picking noun - The act or process of selecting.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Picking locks is one of his many hobbies, and he has quite a collection to practice on; this allows him to escape handcuffs fairly easily, among other things.
Source: Master of Unlocking -
Tiffany Aching once told a passerby that she was making a collection of pressed toads, but this was only a lie to justify her picking up the (talking) toad who accompanied her on a journey.
Source: Collector of the Strange -
Krabs is trying to get a penny from SpongeBob, it's revealed he was only picking up a piece of chewed-up gum for his collection.
Source: Worthless Yellow Rocks
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