acquire vs partake

partake vs acquire

acquire and partake both are verbs.

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

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

acquire: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
partake: have, give, or receive a share of

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

acquire (verb)	partake (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	consume
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	have, give, or receive a share of
gain through experience	have some of the qualities or attributes of something
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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