acquire vs ingest

acquire and ingest both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of acquire include relearn, catch up, absorb, assimilate, take in, hit the books, study.

acquire (verb)	ingest (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	take up mentally
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	serve oneself to, or consume regularly
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