Acquired vs Acquisitive - What's the difference?
acquired | acquisitive |
(acquire)
(medicine) Developed postfetally; not congenital.
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
As adjectives the difference between acquired and acquisitive
is that acquired is (medicine) developed postfetally; not congenital while acquisitive is (obsolete) acquired.As a verb acquired
is (acquire).acquired
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)acquisitive
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(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)- He is an acquisitive person.
- She has an acquisitive nature.