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Received vs Acquired - What's the difference?

received | acquired |

As verbs the difference between received and acquired

is that received is past tense of receive while acquired is past tense of acquire.

As adjectives the difference between received and acquired

is that received is generally accepted as correct or true while acquired is developed postfetally; not congenital.

received

English

Verb

(head)
  • (receive)

    • Adjective

    (-) the received (knowledge, wisdom, opinion, story, information)
  • Generally accepted as correct or true
  • (by implication) Unchallenged axioms
  • :"The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom – from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes – this is of course rubbish." Robin Wilkinson. Western Mail, Oct 30 2012.

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    Derived terms

    * received wisdom * well-received

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    acquired

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (acquire)

    • Adjective

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