Given vs Received - What's the difference?
given | received |
Considering; taking into account.
Already arranged. (rfex)
Currently discussed. (rfex)
Particular, specific.
Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
Prone, disposed.
(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 verbs the difference between given and received
is that given is past participle of lang=en while received is past tense of receive.As adjectives the difference between given and received
is that given is already arranged while received is generally accepted as correct or true.As a preposition given
is considering; taking into account.As a noun given
is a condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.given
English
Alternative forms
* giv'nVerb
(head)Preposition
(English prepositions)- Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.
Adjective
(en adjective)- No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.
- Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
- He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.