The difference between Buy and Purchase
When used as nouns, buy means something which is bought, whereas purchase means the act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.).
When used as verbs, buy means to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods, whereas purchase means to pursue and obtain.
check bellow for the other definitions of Buy and Purchase
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Buy as a verb (transitive):
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
Examples:
"I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday."
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Buy as a verb (transitive):
To obtain by some sacrifice.
Examples:
"I've [[bought]] material comfort by foregoing my dreams."
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Buy as a verb (transitive):
To bribe.
Examples:
"He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs."
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Buy as a verb (transitive):
To be equivalent to in value.
Examples:
"The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to."
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Buy as a verb (transitive, informal):
to accept as true; to believe
Examples:
"I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!"
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Buy as a verb (intransitive):
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
Examples:
"She buys for Federated."
"Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying."
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Buy as a verb (poker slang, transitive):
To make a bluff, usually a large one.
Examples:
"Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff"
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Buy as a noun:
Something which is bought; a purchase.
Examples:
"At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy."
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Purchase as a noun (obsolete):
The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
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Purchase as a noun:
An individual item one has purchased.
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Purchase as a noun:
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
Examples:
"They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink."
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Purchase as a noun:
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
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Purchase as a noun:
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
Examples:
"He was pleased with his latest purchase."
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Purchase as a noun (uncountable):
Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
Examples:
"It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer."
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Purchase as a noun:
The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
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Purchase as a noun (rock climbing, uncountable):
The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
Examples:
"synonyms: contact grip"
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Purchase as a noun (legal, dated):
Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Examples:
"rfquotek Blackstone"
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Purchase as a noun:
A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
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Purchase as a verb:
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
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Purchase as a verb:
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
Examples:
"to purchase land'', ''to purchase a house"
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Purchase as a verb:
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
Examples:
"to purchase favor with flattery"
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Purchase as a verb:
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
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Purchase as a verb:
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.
Examples:
"to purchase a cannon"
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Purchase as a verb:
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
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Purchase as a verb:
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
Examples:
"Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution"