Knock
Knock noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: gave the door a good knock
Pick
Pick noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
Knock and pick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knock" instead the word "Pick" as a noun or a verb.
How words are described
| high | high knock | high pick |
| best | best knock | best pick |
| single | single knock | single pick |
| simple | simple knock | simple pick |
| Other adjectives: small, strong, little, early. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Justified Tutorial: The game teaches you how to pick up things and introduces you to the thuggish Civil Protection simultaneously, by having an officer knock an empty can on the ground, then force you to pick it up and throw it away.
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Splumonkeys will not only knock items out of your inventory, but then pick them up.
Source: Bandit Mook - Knock your ball away and you can pick it up, but if you don't it will respawn in your hand after a while.
Source: Infinite Supplies
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