eyeball vs pick up on

eyeball

verb
  • To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at. 

  • To roll one's eyes. 

  • To scrutinize. 

  • To stare at intently. 

noun
  • A face-to-face meeting. 

  • The ball of the eye. 

  • A person's focus of attention. 

  • A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye. 

  • A readership or viewership. 

pick up on

verb
  • To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked. 

  • To adopt a practice in which others already engage. 

  • To continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped. 

How often have the words eyeball and pick up on occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )