Score vs. Obtain — What's the Difference?

A usually numerical record of a competitive event

To succeed in gaining possession of as the result of planning or endeavor; acquire.

The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage

To be in existence, in effect, or customary

The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.

(Archaic) To succeed.

A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination.

(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.

An amount due; a debt.

To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.

A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction

To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.

A ground; a reason

To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.

A group of 20 items.

To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.

Scores Large numbers

To hold; to keep; to possess.

The notation of a musical work.

To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.

The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.

To gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.

The music written for a film or a play.

To prevail; to succeed.

The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain

Come into possession of;

The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.

Receive a specified treatment (abstract);

A successful robbery.

Be valid, applicable, or true;

An instance of having sexual intercourse with a desired partner.

A notch or incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally.

To achieve or accomplish

To achieve or gain in a game or contest

To count or be worth as points

To keep a written record of the score or events of (a game or contest).

(Baseball) To cause (a base runner) to cross home plate, especially by getting a hit

To evaluate and assign a grade to

To orchestrate (a piece of music).

To arrange for a specific instrument.

To criticize cuttingly; berate.

To succeed in acquiring

To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug)

To mark (a piece of paper or wood, for example) with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.

To cancel or eliminate by superimposing lines.

To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.

To make a point or points in a game or contest.

To record the score or progress of a game or contest.

To achieve a purpose or advantage, especially to make a surprising gain or coup

To succeed in having sexual relations with a desired partner.

To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.

The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

Twenty, 20.

(gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.

A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.

A weight of twenty pounds.

(music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.

(music) The music of a movie or play.

Subject.

Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.

A criminal act, especially:

A robbery.

A bribe paid to a police officer.

An illegal sale, especially of drugs.

A prostitute's client.

A sexual conquest.

In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.

(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.

(intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.

(ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.

To earn points in a game.

To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.

(gambling) To win money by gambling.

(slang) To acquire or gain.

To extract a bribe.

To obtain a sexual favor.

(transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

Acknowledgement of success

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.

Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.

A distance of twenty yards; - a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

A weight of twenty pounds.

The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.

A line drawn; a groove or furrow.

The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; - so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.

The grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; - it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.

To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.

Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.

To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.

To engrave, as upon a shield.

To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.

To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.

To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.

To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally.

To run up a score, or account of dues.

To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest.

To purchase drugs illegally.

A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance);

A written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages;

A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest;

A set of twenty members;

Grounds;

The facts about an actual situation;

An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar);

A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation;

The act of scoring in a game or sport;

A seduction culminating in sexual intercourse;

Gain points in a game;

Make small marks into the surface of;

Make underscoring marks

Write a musical score for

Induce to have sex;

Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance;

Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;