acquire vs press out

press out vs acquire

acquire and press out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acquire	No	No	Yes	No
press out	No	No	Yes	No

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

acquire: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
press out: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

Other hyponyms of acquire include isolate, get back, win back, express, extract, 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)	press out (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	extinguish by crushing
gain through experience	press from a plastic
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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