Detect
Detect verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Pick up and detect are semantically related in perception topic. In some cases you can use "Pick up" instead a verb "Detect".
Pick up
Pick up verb - To acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in.
Usage example: he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks
Detect and pick up are semantically related in perception topic. Sometimes you can use "Detect" instead a verb "Pick up".
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However other vampires can seemingly pick up on the minds of each other, thus some vampires have 'unique' mental signals that mortal telepaths can not detect.
Source: Our Vampires Are Different -
The reader is able to pick up on events and meanings of things in the story that Victor is too air-headed or conceited to detect (at least at first).
Source: Literature / Glamorama - Firefly: River's psychic powers let her detect the presence of Reavers aboard a hulk drifting past Serenity and also pick up on the proximity of the blue-handed Alliance agents.
Source: Psychic Radar
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