pick up vs unload

pick up

verb
  • To reduce the despondency of. 

  • To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease). 

  • To collect and detain (a suspect). 

  • To lift; to grasp and raise. 

  • To clean up; to return to an organized state. 

  • To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on. 

  • To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation. 

  • To receive calls; to function correctly. 

  • To record; to notch up. 

  • To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize. 

  • To promote somebody who was previously passed over. 

  • To collect an object, especially in passing. 

  • To answer a telephone. 

  • To take control (physically) of something. 

  • To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely. 

  • To behave in a manner that results in a foul. 

  • To restart or resume. 

  • To receive (a radio signal or the like). 

  • To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on 

  • To improve, increase, or speed up. 

  • To pay for. 

  • To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc. 

  • To collect a passenger. 

unload

verb
  • To get rid of or dispose of. 

  • To reduce the vertical load factor on (an airplane's wing or other lifting surface), typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated. 

  • To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc. 

  • To deposit one's load or cargo. 

  • To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of. 

  • To discharge, pour, or expel. 

  • To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.). 

  • To remove the charge from. 

  • To deliver forcefully. 

  • To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice. 

  • To remove (something previously loaded) from memory. 

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