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Transmit vs Received - What's the difference?

transmit | received |

As verbs the difference between transmit and received

is that transmit is to send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another while received is past tense of receive.

As an adjective received is

generally accepted as correct or true.

transmit

English

Verb

(transmitt)
  • To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
  • To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
  • To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
  • To communicate news or information.
  • To convey energy or force through a mechanism.
  • To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    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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