Acquire and Catch

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Acquire verb - To receive as return for effort.

Usage example: acquired a reputation for always arriving at his friends' house just as they were sitting down to dinner

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Catch is a synonym for acquire in obtain or receive topic. In some cases you can use "Catch" instead a verb "Acquire".

Catch verb - Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping.

Usage example: I caught a rabbit in the trap today

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Acquire is a synonym for catch in receive topic. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Catch".

Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher

The plot of the first book hinges on this catch-22, as the villainess is trying to acquire a drink from the Fountain Of Youth.

Source: Child Mage
In David Farland's The Runelords series, anyone can acquire magical upgrades to their senses, strength, intelligence, speed and so forth with magical "endowments." The catch?

Source: Powered by a Forsaken Child
Not interchangeable with Catch-22 Dilemma, where the problem is circular — to achieve one thing you must first do or acquire something else, but to do or acquire that you must have the first thing.

Source: Morton's Fork

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