Collected vs Received - What's the difference?
collected | received |
(collect)
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(receive)
Generally accepted as correct or true
(by implication) Unchallenged axioms
:"The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom – from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes – this is of course rubbish." Robin Wilkinson. Western Mail, Oct 30 2012.
As adjectives the difference between collected and received
is that collected is cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus while received is generally accepted as correct or true.As verbs the difference between collected and received
is that collected is past tense of collect while received is past tense of receive.collected
English
Synonyms
* calm, cool, composedVerb
(head)- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.