acquire vs isolate

isolate vs acquire

acquire and isolate both are verbs.

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

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

acquire: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
isolate: obtain in pure form

Other hyponyms of acquire include 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, 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)	isolate (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	place or set apart
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	obtain in pure form
gain through experience	set apart from others
gain knowledge or skills	separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
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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