What's the difference between learning a word and acquiring it? If I know it I know it!

When you get further into your journey, you’ll realize that an explicitly learned word and an acquired word feel completely different. When you learn a word consciously it's like when parents learn a slang word and try to use it to sound cool. It's unnatural. They just throw it in there. Waiting for it to land. And looking at your face to see your response, to see if they used it correctly. When you really have acquired a word, you know it feels right. You know that the other person will understand it, because you understand it. It will be obvious to you that you will be understood.