Acquisition vs. Acquirement — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Acquisition and Acquirement
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Definitions
Acquisition
An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum
The legacy will be used for new acquisitions
Acquirement
The action of acquiring something
The acquirement of self control
Acquisition
The learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality
The acquisition of management skills
Acquirement
The act of acquiring.
Acquisition
The act of acquiring.
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Acquirement
An attainment, such as a skill or social accomplishment.
Acquisition
Something acquired or gained
Added two new acquisitions to my library.
Acquirement
Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
Acquisition
The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
Acquirement
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
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Acquisition
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.
Acquirement
The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
Acquisition
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
Acquirement
An ability that has been acquired by training
Acquisition
The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition or loss of a province.
Acquisition
The purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.
Acquisition
The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
Acquisition
The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something;
The acquisition of wealth
The acquisition of one company by another
Acquisition
Something acquired;
A recent acquisition by the museum
Acquisition
The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge;
The child's acquisition of language
Acquisition
An ability that has been acquired by training