The difference between Acquire and Secure
When used as verbs, acquire means to get, whereas secure means to make safe.
Secure is also adjective with the meaning: free from attack or danger.
check bellow for the other definitions of Acquire and Secure
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Acquire as a verb (transitive):
To get.
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Acquire as a verb (transitive):
To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
Examples:
"He acquired a title."
"all the riches he acquired were from hard work."
"One should ''acquire as much knowledge as possible from reading."
"to acquire a skill"
"to acquire decent habits and manners"
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Acquire as a verb (medicine):
To contract.
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Acquire as a verb (computing):
To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from attack or danger; protected.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the danger of theft; safe.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
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Secure as an adjective:
Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
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Secure as an adjective:
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
Examples:
"secure of a welcome"
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Secure as an adjective:
Overconfident; incautious; careless.
Examples:
"rfquotek Macaulay"
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Secure as a verb:
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
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Secure as a verb:
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
Examples:
"to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage"
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Secure as a verb:
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
Examples:
"to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship"
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Secure as a verb:
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
Examples:
"to secure an estate"