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Gaining vs Acquirement - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between gaining and acquirement

is that gaining is gain; profit while acquirement is the act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.

As a verb gaining

is present participle of lang=en.

gaining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • gain; profit
  • * 1807 , The London Medical and Physical Journal

    • 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.