acquire vs pupate

acquire and pupate both are verbs.

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

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

acquire: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
pupate: develop into a pupa

Other hyponyms of acquire include feather, fledge, regrow, spring, sprout, stock, stool, tiller, leaf, pod, teethe, get up, work up, cut.

acquire (verb)	pupate (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	develop into a pupa
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
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