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

  1. Procure as a verb (transitive):

    To acquire or obtain.

  2. Procure as a verb (transitive):

    To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.

  3. Procure as a verb (transitive, criminal law):

    To induce or persuade someone to do something.

  4. Procure as a verb (obsolete):

    To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.

  5. Procure as a verb (obsolete):

    To solicit; to entreat.

  6. Procure as a verb (obsolete):

    To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

  1. Purchase as a noun (obsolete):

    The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)

  2. Purchase as a noun:

    An individual item one has purchased.

  3. 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."

  4. Purchase as a noun:

    That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

  5. Purchase as a noun:

    That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

    Examples:

    "He was pleased with his latest purchase."

  6. 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."

  7. 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.

  8. Purchase as a noun (rock climbing, uncountable):

    The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: contact grip"

  9. 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"

  10. 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.

  1. Purchase as a verb:

    To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

  2. 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"

  3. Purchase as a verb:

    To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.

    Examples:

    "to purchase favor with flattery"

  4. Purchase as a verb:

    To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

  5. 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"

  6. Purchase as a verb:

    To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.

  7. 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"

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