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Acquired vs Derived - What's the difference?

acquired | derived |

As verbs the difference between acquired and derived

is that acquired is past tense of acquire while derived is past tense of derive.

As adjectives the difference between acquired and derived

is that acquired is developed postfetally; not congenital while derived is of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

acquired

English

Verb

(head)
  • (acquire)

    • Adjective

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

    • derived

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.
  • (comparable, archaic, taxonomy) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.
  • product of derivation
    • The French language is derived from Latin.

    Usage notes

    Modern systematics proscribes use of derived'' to mean "advanced", preferring to use ''derived to simply mean "changed from the ancestral state" without an evaluation of quality.

    See also

    * apomorphy

    Verb

    (head)
  • (derive)