Gain
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To acquire possession of what one did not have before. To increase. To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of gaining. What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend. The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
Example sentence: You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Acquire
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To get.To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
Example sentence: We acquire the strength we have overcome.