Acquisition vs Pursuit - What's the difference?
acquisition | pursuit |
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
The act of pursuing.
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(cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
(legal, obsolete) prosecution
* Fuller
As nouns the difference between acquisition and pursuit
is that acquisition is the act or process of acquiring while pursuit is the act of pursuing.acquisition
English
Noun
(en noun)- The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
- ''That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition .
Synonyms
* (an act of acquiring) accession, procurement * (a thing acquired) accession, acquirementExternal links
* * ----pursuit
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Mother
Bayern Munich 2-0 Man City, passage=Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.}}
- That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court.