What is the difference between receiver and acceptable?
receiver | acceptable |
A person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.
# A trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation.
# A person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
# A person who accepts stolen goods.
# Any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision.
## A telephone handset.
# (label) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
# (label) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.
# An element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element.
## (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
## A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
## A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable'' present, one ''acceptable to us.
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
