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Established vs Acquired - What's the difference?

established | acquired |

As verbs the difference between established and acquired

is that established is (establish) while acquired is (acquire).

As adjectives the difference between established and acquired

is that established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area while acquired is (medicine) developed postfetally; not congenital.

established

English

Verb

(head)
  • (establish)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
  • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
  • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)

    acquired

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (acquire)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) Developed postfetally; not congenital.