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Greet vs Receive - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between greet and receive

is that greet is to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token or greet can be (scotland|northern england) to weep; to cry while receive is to take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc; to accept; to be given something.

As nouns the difference between greet and receive

is that greet is mourning, weeping, lamentation while receive is (telecommunications) an operation in which data is received.

As an adjective greet

is (obsolete|outside|scotland) great.

greet

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) . Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Old High German gruozen.

Verb

(en verb)
  • To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.
  • * 1591 , (William Shakespeare), , Act III, scene 1
  • My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
  • Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
  • To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
  • * '1707, (Joseph Addison), ''Rosamond , Act I, scene 4
  • In vain the spring my senses greets .
  • To accost; to address.
  • (Alexander Pope)
  • To meet and give salutations.
  • * circa 1590 , (William Shakespeare), (Titus Adronicus), Act I, scene 2, line 90
  • There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
  • To be perceived by (somebody).
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
    Derived terms
    * greeter * meet-and-greet

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Great.
  • Etymology 3

    From a blend of two (etyl) verbs, (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.

    Verb

  • (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
  • *1933 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Cloud Howe'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), page 312:
  • *:And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 2:
  • My maw went potty and started greeting .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Mourning, weeping, lamentation.
  • References

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    receive

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (receiv)
  • To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
  • :
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Our hearts receive your warnings.
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.
  • *(Bible), viii.64:
  • *:The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings.
  • *, chapter=19
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= No hiding place , passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
  • To take possession of.
  • To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
  • :
  • *(Bible), (w) xxviii.2:
  • *:They kindled a fire, and received us every one.
  • *
  • *:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
  • To suffer from (an injury).
  • :
  • To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
  • *(Bible), (w) vii.4:
  • *:Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots.
  • (lb) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
  • (lb) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
  • # To be in a position to hit back a service.
  • #(lb) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
  • To accept into the mind; to understand.
  • *, I.57:
  • *:I cannot receive that manner, whereby we establish the continuance of our life.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.
  • sends and receives