Difference between Get and Acquire

What is the difference between Get and Acquire?

Get as a verb is to obtain, purchase or acquire. while Acquire as a verb is to get.

Get

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Offspring. Lineage. A difficult return or block of a shot. A git. A Jewish writ of divorce.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To obtain, purchase or acquire. To receive. To fetch. To become. To cause to become; to bring about. (used with preposition) To don or doff clothing, etc. To cause to do. To betake oneself. To arrive (at) or progress (towards a place or outcome). To go or come (to a specified place, or in a specified manner). To adopt or assume (a certain position or state). To begin (doing something). To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service). To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc). To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something). To understand. To be (used to form the passive of verbs). To become ill with or catch (a disease). To catch out, trick successfully. To perplex, stump. To find as an answer. To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal). To physically assault. To hear completely; catch. To getter.

Example sentence: By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

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: Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.

We hope you now know whether to use Get or Acquire in your sentence.

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