I just installed Acrobat. Can I delete Adobe Reader?

I just installed Acrobat Standard. Can I delete Adobe Reader?

I would actually go further than what ~graffiti says and make a backup of my system first.  The last time I did this (except I uninstalled Acrobat not Reader) it stuffed up my PC properly.  There was no problem while I had both installed, it was the uninstall.  Alternatively, make Acrobat open everything by default and just ignore your installation of Reader.
I'd be open to correction on this but it shouldn't be using up any more system resources having both than having one because they share the same background processes.

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