acquire vs retrieve

retrieve vs acquire

acquire and retrieve both are verbs.

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

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

acquire: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
retrieve: 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, regain, 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)	retrieve (verb)
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)	recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	run after, pick up, and bring to the master
gain through experience	go for and bring back
gain knowledge or skills	get or find back; recover the use of
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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