Acquire vs Cultivate - What's the difference?
acquire | cultivate | Synonyms |
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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, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
To grow plants, notably crops
To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
As verbs the difference between acquire and cultivate
is that acquire is to get while cultivate is to grow plants, notably crops.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.
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Synonyms
* attain, earn, gain, obtain, procure, secure, winDerived terms
* acquired tastecultivate
English
Verb
(cultivat)- Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.
- They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
