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Received vs Answered - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between received and answered

is that received is (receive) while answered is (answer).

As an adjective received

is generally accepted as correct or true.

received

English

Verb

(head)
  • (receive)
  • Adjective

    (-) the received (knowledge, wisdom, opinion, story, information)
  • 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.
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    * received wisdom * well-received

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    answered

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