Receiver vs Buttonhook - What's the difference?
receiver | buttonhook |
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.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage
* {{quote-news, 1988, January 15, Ted Cox, The Sports Section, Chicago Reader
, passage=Yet the Bears never set up the deep patterns with a turn-in or a buttonhook
As nouns the difference between receiver and buttonhook
is that receiver is a person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something while buttonhook is (sewing) a hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.receiver
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* receivershipSynonyms
* recipient (more formal, usually referring to one who receives such things as an award or medal)buttonhook
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