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Kevinjee Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

What's the difference between 'buy' and 'purchase'?

Are the equal to each other?
  

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kevinjee What's the difference between 'buy' and 'purchase'? I see none. 'Purchase' is perhaps more formal and business-like.

— Mister Micawber

  • kevinjee What's the difference between 'buy' and 'purchase'?
  • I see none.
  • 'Purchase' is perhaps more formal and business-like.
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kevinjeeWhat's the difference between 'buy' and 'purchase'?
I see none. 'Purchase' is perhaps more formal and business-like.
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'Buy/bought' are necessary when followed by an indirect object. 'Purchase/purchased' wouldn't work in the following:

'Let me buy you a drink'.
'******* bought Maria a bunch of daffodils'.
'He bought the vicar of St Hilda's a new Bible.'
'What shall we buy Mum for Christmas?'
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