hurt vs pick up on

hurt

verb
  • To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede. 

  • To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. 

  • To be painful. 

  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain. 

noun
  • A roundel azure (blue circular spot). 

  • A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions. 

  • A husk. 

  • An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience. 

adj
  • Wounded, physically injured. 

  • Pained. 

pick up on

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

  • To adopt a practice in which others already engage. 

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

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