Compound verb

what information do you want?

I have some difficulties to differenciate between the phrasal verb pick up and the compound verbs to spoon-feed. Based on a dictionary that I have read, a verb that can be foloowed by iits object just like pick you up, how about to spoon-feed? Is it a compound verb? Thank you for your information.

hmm,

I guess I don't know this cos I can't see the need to know it - in real life we just use these words as we hear others using them and do not make the distintion you are suggesting

I guess you could say that if you can insert the verb's object between the two words then it's most likely a phrasal verb, otherwise it most likely isn't.

For example:
"pick something up" - OK, therefore a phrasal verb.
"spoon something feed" - NOT OK, therefore not a phrasal verb.

Another way of seeing the distinction is that in a phrasal verb,

Thanks a lot for your information.

Thanks for your information, that's what I want to differenciate between phrasal verb, which usually followed by pre[osition, and compound verb. By the way, compound verb is rarely used in conversation.