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Attribute vs Acquirement - What's the difference?

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Attribute is a synonym of acquirement.


As nouns the difference between attribute and acquirement

is that attribute is while acquirement is the act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.

attribute

English

(wikipedia attribute)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A characteristic or quality of a thing.
    • His finest attribute is his kindness.
  • (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
    • In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket".
  • (computing) The applicable option selection; a variable or a value.
    • This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
  • (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
  • (computing, programming) A semantic item with which a method, etc. may be decorated.
    • There are some more implementations which use C
  • attribute s to define custom attributes specific to the AOP engine. Then the classes that need to be intercepted will be decorated with these custom attributes.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    () * attributeness * relational attribute

    Related terms

    () * attributive

    Verb

    (attribut)
  • To ascribe (something) (to) a given cause, reason etc.
  • * Archbishop Tillotson
    • We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 278:
    • H?kim's atypical actions should not be attributed to Islam as much as to insanity, which eventually led him to proclaim himself as Allah, whereupon he was murdered by outraged fellow Muslims.
  • To associate ownership or authorship of (something) (to) someone.
    • This poem is attributed to Browning.

    Derived terms

    () * attributable * attribution

    External links

    * * English heteronyms ----

    acquirement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
  • * (rfdate) (Joseph Addison):
  • * (rfdate) Hayward?:
  • * 1952 , Annual report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
    • At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement , during which land values may vary impredictably.

    Synonyms

    * acquisition

    Usage notes

    * is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent. For example, eloquence, and skill in music and painting are acquirements, whereas genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.