Obtained vs Derived - What's the difference?
obtained | derived |
(obtain)
To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Luke XVIII:
* 1814 , (Jane Austen), (Mansfield Park) :
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, title= (obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
* 1722 , (Daniel Defoe), (Colonel Jack) :
(obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.2:
* 1701 , (Jonathan Swift), Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome :
(obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.
* 1671 , (John Milton), (Paradise Regained) , Book I:
To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.
* 1908 , (Jack London), (The Iron Heel) , ,
* 1992 , (Neal Stephenson), (Snow Crash) , Bantam Spectra, p. 460,
(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
(derive)
As verbs the difference between obtained and derived
is that obtained is (obtain) while derived is (derive).As an adjective derived is
(systematics) of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.obtained
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(en verb)- And a certayne ruler axed him: sayinge: Goode Master: what ought I to do, to obtaine eternall lyfe?
- Julia was quite as eager for novelty and pleasure as Maria, though she might not have struggled through so much to obtain them, and could better bear a subordinate situation.
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- he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.
- “O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].”
- This, though it failed at present, yet afterward obtained , and was a mighty step to the ruin of the commonwealth.
- His mother then is mortal, but his Sire / He who obtains the monarchy of Heav'n, / And what will he not do to advance his Son?
- Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain ; for the act in question was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.
- But the hostage situation no longer obtains , and so Uncle Enzo feels it important to stop Rife now,
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(en adjective)- The French language is derived from Latin.