gather up vs acquire

gather up and acquire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gather up	No	No	Yes	No
acquire	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, acquire is a hypernym of gather up; that is, acquire is a word with a broader meaning than gather up:

Other hypernyms of gather up include get.

gather up (verb)	acquire (verb)
take and lift upward	come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
gather or collect	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