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Buying vs Acquisition - What's the difference?

buying | acquisition |

As nouns the difference between buying and acquisition

is that buying is the act of making a purchase while acquisition is the act or process of acquiring.

As a verb buying

is .

buying

English

(wikipedia buying)

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * impulse buying * panic buying

    Noun

  • The act of making a purchase.
    • buyings and sellings

    acquisition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of acquiring.
    • The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
  • The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
    • ''That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition .

    Synonyms

    * (an act of acquiring) accession, procurement * (a thing acquired) accession, acquirement

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