inheritance vs acquisition

acquisition vs inheritance

inheritance and acquisition both are nouns.

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

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

inheritance: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

inheritance (noun)	acquisition (noun)
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property	the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors	an ability that has been acquired by training
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents	the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner	something acquired

Difference between inheritance and acquisition

Words related to "acquisition"

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