acquire vs develop

acquire and develop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acquire	No	No	Yes	No
develop	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, acquire and develop are synonyms defined as:

acquire and develop: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

Other synonyms of acquire include get, grow, produce.

As verbs, acquire and develop are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of acquire include evolve.

acquire (verb)	develop (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
gain through experience	cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
gain knowledge or skills	happen
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract	change the use of and make available or usable
win something through one's efforts	be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar	gain through experience
	become technologically advanced
	grow emotionally or mature
	expand in the form of a series
	elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
	create by training and teaching
	elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
	move into a strategically more advantageous position
	move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
	superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
	work out
	make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
	generate gradually
	make visible by means of chemical solutions
	come into existence; take on form or shape