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Procure vs Acquisition - What's the difference?

procure | acquisition |

As a verb procure

is .

As a noun acquisition is

the act or process of acquiring.

procure

English

Verb

(procur)
  • To acquire or obtain.
  • * Milton
    • if we procure not to ourselves more woe
  • *
    • Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured , no one was able to imagine.
  • To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
  • (criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
  • (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
  • * Robynson (More's Utopia)
    • By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.
  • (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
  • * Spenser
    • The famous Briton prince and faery knight, / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there longer sojourn and abode.
  • (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?

    Synonyms

    * (acquire) obtain * (obtain a prostitute) buy, purchase

    Related terms

    * procurement * procurer * procuress

    References

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    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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