acquisition vs acquiring

acquisition and acquiring both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acquisition	Yes	No	No	No
acquiring	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acquiring is a hypernym of acquisition; that is, acquiring is a word with a broader meaning than acquisition:

acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
acquiring: the act of acquiring something

Other hypernyms of acquisition include getting.

acquisition (noun)	acquiring (noun)
the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something	the act of acquiring something
an ability that has been acquired by training
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
something acquired