acquire vs glom

glom vs acquire

acquire and glom both are verbs.

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

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

acquire: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
glom: seize upon or latch onto something

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, 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, garner, win, benefit, gain, profit, partake, partake in, share, preempt, preempt, call for, collect, gather up, pick up, inherit, borrow, pick up, get, poll.

acquire (verb)	glom (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	take by theft
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	seize upon or latch onto something
gain through experience
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

Difference between acquire and glom

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