pork-barreling vs acquisition

pork-barreling and acquisition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pork-barreling	Yes	No	No	No
acquisition	Yes	No	No	No

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

pork-barreling: acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale
acquisition: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

pork-barreling (noun)	acquisition (noun)
acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale	the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
	an ability that has been acquired by training
	the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
	something acquired