Difference between Get and Obtain

What is the difference between Get and Obtain?

Get as a verb is to obtain, purchase or acquire. while Obtain as a verb is to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.

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: We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Obtain

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

Example sentence: We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

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

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