Aquaintance vs. Acquaintance

Aquaintance

Misspelling of acquaintance.

Acquaintancenoun

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; acquaintanceship.

‘I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.’;

Acquaintancenoun

(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

Acquaintancenoun

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

‘Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man.’;

Acquaintancenoun

A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

‘Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.’; ‘Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him.’; ‘We contract at last such a familiarity with them as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call off our minds.’; ‘It is in our power to confine our friendships and intimacies to men of virtue.’;

Acquaintancenoun

personal knowledge or information about someone or something

Acquaintancenoun

a relationship less intimate than friendship

Acquaintancenoun

a person with whom you are acquainted;

‘I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances’; ‘we are friends of the family’;

Acquaintancenoun

knowledge or experience of something

‘the pupils had little acquaintance with the language’;

Acquaintancenoun

slight knowledge of or friendship with someone

‘I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert’;

Acquaintancenoun

a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend

‘a wide circle of friends and acquaintances’;

Acquaintancenoun

acquaintances considered collectively

‘his extensive acquaintance included Oscar Wilde and Yeats’;