appropriation vs acquiring

appropriation and acquiring both are nouns.

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

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

appropriation: a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
acquiring: the act of acquiring something

Other hypernyms of appropriation include getting.

appropriation (noun)	acquiring (noun)
a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner	the act of acquiring something
incorporation by joining or uniting
money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose