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Acquired vs Wounded - What's the difference?

acquired | wounded |

As verbs the difference between acquired and wounded

is that acquired is (acquire) while wounded is (wound).

As adjectives the difference between acquired and wounded

is that acquired is (medicine) developed postfetally; not congenital while wounded is suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.

As a noun wounded is

(qualifier) people who are maimed or have wounds.

acquired

English

Verb

(head)
  • (acquire)

    • Adjective

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

    • wounded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wound)
  • * 1913: )
    • Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
  • * 1883:
    • ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded , and still more recently dressed.
  • (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.
    • My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (qualifier) People who are maimed or have wounds.
    • The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

    Derived terms

    * walking wounded