Pick
Pick verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.
Wish
Wish verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.
How words are described
| good | good pick | good wish |
| better | better pick | better wish |
| original | original pick | original wish |
| free | free pick | free wish |
| Other adjectives: single, simple, small, strong, little, personal, final, next, last, greatest, eponymous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Lyrical Shoehorn: The first stanza of "The Way You Love Me":If I could grant you one wishI wish you could see the way you kiss So she'll grant him a wish, but she gets to pick it for him.
Source: Music / Faith Hill -
When they reach maturity and pick which of their race's holy men they wish to follow, they pick their true name based on that.
Source: Meaningful Rename - When you try to pick up a pile of items that will take you way over your weight limit, the game will ask how many you wish to pick up.
Source: Good Bad Bugs / Roguelike
Cite this Source
Wish and Pick. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick/wish
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