Notify vs Acquaint - What's the difference?
notify | acquaint | Synonyms |
To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.
* I think you should acquaint him with the realities of the situation.
* (rfdate) (John Locke)
* (rfdate) Isaiah 53:3
To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , III-iv
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare), , IV-i
(obsolete) To familiarize; to accustom.
(obsolete) Acquainted.
Notify is a synonym of acquaint.
As verbs the difference between notify and acquaint
is that notify is to give (someone) notice of (something) while acquaint is to furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar.As an adjective acquaint is
(obsolete) acquainted.acquaint
English
Verb
(en verb)- Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it.
- A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
- Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love.
- ''I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland.
- (Evelyn)
