Elicit vs Acquire - What's the difference?
elicit | acquire |
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.
(obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
* Jeremy Taylor
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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As verbs the difference between elicit and acquire
is that elicit is to evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer while acquire is to get.As an adjective elicit
is (obsolete) elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.elicit
English
Verb
(en verb)- Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.
- ''Did you elicit a response?
See also
* illicitAdjective
(-)- An elicit act of equity.
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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