The difference between Procure and Purchase
When used as verbs, procure means to acquire or obtain, whereas purchase means to pursue and obtain.
Purchase is also noun with the meaning: the act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.).
check bellow for the other definitions of Procure and Purchase
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Procure as a verb (transitive):
To acquire or obtain.
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Procure as a verb (transitive):
To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
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Procure as a verb (transitive, criminal law):
To induce or persuade someone to do something.
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Procure as a verb (obsolete):
To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
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Procure as a verb (obsolete):
To solicit; to entreat.
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Procure as a verb (obsolete):
To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
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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"