different between acquainted vs conversant

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kwe?nt?d/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /??kwæ?nt?d/
• Hyphenation: ac?quaint?ed

Adjective

acquainted (comparative more acquainted, superlative most acquainted)

1. Personally known; familiar.
   • 1748. HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 16.

     Suppose, therefore, a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly acquainted with colours of all kinds

Derived terms

• be acquainted with

Translations

Verb

acquainted

1. simple past tense and past participle of acquaint

English

Alternative forms

• conversaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French conversant, present participle of converser

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?v?s?nt/

Adjective

conversant (comparative more conversant, superlative most conversant)

1. Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.
2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.

   She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.

   • c. 1694, John Dryden, letter to Mr. John Dennis

     deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy

   • 1720, Thomas Parnell, corrected by Alexander Pope, "Essay on Homer", published with Pope's translation of the Iliad

     He uses the different dialects […] as one who had been conversant with them all.

3. (obsolete) Concerned; occupied.
   • 1651, Henry Wotton, A Philosophical Survey of Education

     If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself.

Usage notes

• Generally used with with, sometimes with in.

Translations

Noun

conversant (plural conversants)

1. One who converses with another.

Anagrams

• conservant

Catalan

Verb

conversant

1. present participle of conversar

French

Verb

conversant

1. present participle of converser

Anagrams

• conservant

Latin

Verb

conversant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of convers?