acquire

As verbs the difference between acquire and promote

is that acquire is to get while promote is to raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

As verbs the difference between acquire and detonate

is that acquire is to get while detonate is (label) to explode; to blow up specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.

As verbs the difference between cajole and acquire

is that cajole is while acquire is to get.

As verbs the difference between acquire and adapted

is that acquire is to get while adapted is (adapt).

As verbs the difference between ask and acquire

is that ask is to request (information, or an answer to a question) while acquire is to get.

As a noun ask

is an act or instance of asking.

As a proper noun Ask

is the first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.

As verbs the difference between elicit and acquire

is that elicit is to evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer while acquire is to get.

As an adjective elicit

is (obsolete) elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

In lang=en terms the difference between abstain and acquire

is that abstain is deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present while acquire is to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

As verbs the difference between abstain and acquire

is that abstain is (transitive|reflexive|obsolete) keep or withhold oneself while acquire is to get.

As verbs the difference between acquire and bought

is that acquire is to get while bought is (buy).

As a noun bought is

(obsolete) a bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.

In transitive terms the difference between acquire and amass

is that acquire is to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits while amass is to collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

As a noun amass is

a mass; a heap.

As verbs the difference between acquire and annex

is that acquire is to get while annex is to add something to another thing; to incorporate.

As a noun annex is

an addition, an extension.