accession vs acquisition

acquisition vs accession

accession and acquisition both are nouns.

accession is a verb but acquisition is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accession	Yes	No	Yes	No
acquisition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acquisition is a hypernym of accession; that is, acquisition is a word with a broader meaning than accession:

accession: something added to what you already have
acquisition: something acquired

accession (noun)	acquisition (noun)
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)	the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
the right to enter	an ability that has been acquired by training
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)	the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
something added to what you already have	something acquired
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

accession (verb)	acquisition (verb)
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

Difference between accession and acquisition

Words related to "acquisition"

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