Approve vs Obtain - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between approve and obtain

is that approve is to consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance while obtain is to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

As verbs the difference between approve and obtain

is that approve is to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm or approve can be (english law) to make profit of; to convert to one's own profit;—said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor while obtain is to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.

approve

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Compare prove, approbate.

Verb

(approv)

To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.

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To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

* (Ralph Waldo Emerson),

Opportunities to approve worth.

* (Thomas Babington Macaulay),

He had approved himself a great warrior.

* (George Gordon Byron),

'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.

* (Francis Parkman),

His accountapproves him a man of thought.

To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

* (Henry Rogers),

The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.

* (Thomas Babington Macaulay),

They had not approved of the deposition of James.

* (William Black),

They approved of the political institutions.

Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of''), is often followed by ''of .

Derived terms

() * approval * approvable * I approve this message * approvably * approbation

Etymology 2

(etyl) aprouer; . Compare with improve.

Verb

(approv)

(English Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit;—said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

References

obtain

English

Verb

(en verb)

To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Luke XVIII:

And a certayne ruler axed him: sayinge: Goode Master: what ought I to do, to obtaine eternall lyfe?

* 1814 , (Jane Austen), (Mansfield Park) :

Julia was quite as eager for novelty and pleasure as Maria, though she might not have struggled through so much to obtain them, and could better bear a subordinate situation.

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(obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.

* 1722 , (Daniel Defoe), (Colonel Jack) :

he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.

(obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.2:

“O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].”

* 1701 , (Jonathan Swift), Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome :

This, though it failed at present, yet afterward obtained , and was a mighty step to the ruin of the commonwealth.

(obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.

* 1671 , (John Milton), (Paradise Regained) , Book I:

His mother then is mortal, but his Sire / He who obtains the monarchy of Heav'n, / And what will he not do to advance his Son?

To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

* 1908 , (Jack London), (The Iron Heel) , ,

Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain ; for the act in question was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.

* 1992 , (Neal Stephenson), (Snow Crash) , Bantam Spectra, p. 460,

But the hostage situation no longer obtains , and so Uncle Enzo feels it important to stop Rife now,