acquire vs regain

regain vs acquire

acquire and regain both are verbs.

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

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

acquire: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
regain: get or find back; recover the use 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, retrieve, catch, recoup, recover, recuperate, reclaim, repossess, find, 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)	regain (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	get or find back; recover the use of
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
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

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