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Perceived vs Received - What's the difference?

perceived | received |

As adjectives the difference between perceived and received

is that perceived is generally recognized to be true while received is generally accepted as correct or true.

As verbs the difference between perceived and received

is that perceived is past tense of perceive while received is past tense of receive.

perceived

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Generally recognized to be true.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
  • As seen or understood by an individual.
  • Derived terms

    * perceivedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (perceive)
  • The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.

    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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    Derived terms

    * received wisdom * well-received

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