Excerpt and Pick

Excerpt

Excerpt verb - Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.

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Pick and excerpt are semantically related. in take a part from a whole topic. In some cases you can use "Pick" instead the word "Excerpt" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: excerpted, excerpting, excerption

Pick

Pick verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.

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Antonyms for Pick

Excerpt and pick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excerpt" instead the word "Pick" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup

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How words are described

good	good excerpt	good pick
full	full excerpt	full pick
typical	typical excerpt	typical pick
original	original excerpt	original pick
Other adjectives: small, little, instrumental.

Both words in one sentence

Doorstopper: One book that the Hero can pick up is so heavy the game notes that its weight tires out his arms rather than giving an excerpt of its contents.

Source: Video Game / Dragon Quest VIII
In Dragon Quest VIII, there exists a book that, if Hero should pick it up, rather than giving an excerpt of its content reads "This book is so weighty Hero's arms begin to tire from holding it."

Source: Doorstopper

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Pick and Excerpt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/pick

Excerpt & Pick. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/pick>.

Pick or Excerpt. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/excerpt/pick.

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