Difference between Ferret Out and Rake Up

FERRET OUT vs RAKE UP: VERB

Check up on, Scent out, Dope out, Fall upon, Come across, Uncover, Prediscover, Find oneself, Deprehension, Puzzle out, Happen on, Discover, Deprehend, Weasel out, Ferreter

Gouge out, Ablaqueate, Fall upon, Take hold, Rake, Peck at, Knock over, Dustheap, Clear away, Rakestale, Corrade, Overrake, Scrape up, Gather up, Rake in

Check up on, Scent out, Dope out, Fall upon, Come across, Uncover, Prediscover, Find oneself, Deprehension, Puzzle out, Happen on, Discover, Deprehend, Weasel out, Ferreter

Polish off, Gouge out, Ablaqueate, Fall upon, Take hold, Peck at, Knock over, Dustheap, Clear away, Rakestale, Corrade, Overrake, Scrape up, Gather up, Rake in

Monthly reconciliation of cash accounts, for example, is undertaken to ferret out such conditions.
Police knocked on doors throughout the nation to ferret out drug users and pushers.
The information is not as widely available, so it takes longer to ferret out.
With so much information out there, aspiring software engineers can find it difficult to ferret out the valuable information from the rubbish.
Without hard data, the other way to ferret out discrimination is through whistleblowers.
For instance, internal audits are ordered to ferret out suspected fraudulent activities.
Let's know if you want me to ferret out more details.
Raised Catholic, he could ferret out the guilt in every sentence.
State proposal to help pet buyers ferret out puppy mills.
We have always been strong enough to ferret out, wait out, outsmart, and counterweight the enemy.

We will saw off the old branches from all the eagle wings and rake up some of the final leaves.
Dissenters was left at the mercy of any petty tyrant who chose to rake up against them the old penal statutes.
Continue to rake up leaves for composting and to control pests and diseases.
Any scandal he can rake up about my past will be pure blackmail; and I know how to deal with that breed.
But you can always rake up the areas where clippings might be tracked into the house.
Clean feeders and rake up spilled grain and hulls.
The obvious solution is to rake up the shells.
Keep the soil under plants clean and rake up any fallen debris.
Rake up and dispose of seed hulls under feeders.
Repeat at right angles; rake up the debris.