Acquire vs Addition - What's the difference?
acquire | addition |
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.
* (Isaac Barrow) (1630-1677)
* (William Blackstone) (1723-1780)
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(uncountable) The act of adding anything.
Anything that is added.
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
(legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq'.", "Robert Dale, '''Mason'''", "Thomas Way, ' of New York ".
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
As a verb acquire
is to get.As a noun addition is
the act of adding anything.acquire
English
Verb
(acquir)- No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step.
- Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.
“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
Synonyms
* attain, earn, gain, obtain, procure, secure, winDerived terms
* acquired tasteaddition
English
(wikipedia addition)Noun
- The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
