acquire vs garner

garner vs acquire

acquire is not a noun while garner is a noun.

acquire and garner both are verbs.

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

As verbs, garner is a hyponym of acquire; that is, garner is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acquire:

acquire: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
garner: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

Other hyponyms of acquire include isolate, get back, win back, express, extract, press out, capture, catch, come by, come into, buy, purchase, charter, engage, hire, lease, rent, take, have, receive, turn, buy, find, glom, come upon, enter upon, luck into, come up, find, get hold, line up, accept, have, take, obtain, find, recover, regain, retrieve, catch, recoup, recover, recuperate, reclaim, repossess, find, regain, acquire, gain, win, bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in, earn, win, benefit, gain, profit, partake, partake in, share, preempt, preempt, call for, collect, gather up, pick up, inherit, borrow, pick up, get, poll.

acquire (noun)	garner (noun)
	a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

acquire (verb)	garner (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	assemble or get together
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	store grain
gain through experience	acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
gain knowledge or skills
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
win something through one's efforts
locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

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