acquire vs get up

acquire and get up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acquire	No	No	Yes	No
get up	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of acquire include feather, fledge, regrow, spring, sprout, stock, stool, tiller, leaf, pod, teethe, pupate, work up, cut.

acquire (verb)	get up (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	get up and out of bed
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	cause to rise
gain through experience	put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
gain knowledge or skills	develop
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract	study intensively, as before an exam
win something through one's efforts	arrange by systematic planning and united effort
locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar	raise from a lower to a higher position
	rise to one's feet