Receiver vs Supplier - What's the difference?
receiver | supplier |
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.
One who supplies; a provider.
* {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=
, passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
(soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 16
, author=Saj Chowdhury
, title=Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle
, work=BBC
As nouns the difference between receiver and supplier
is that receiver is a person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something while supplier is one who supplies; a provider.receiver
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* receivershipSynonyms
* recipient (more formal, usually referring to one who receives such things as an award or medal)supplier
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(wikipedia supplier)Noun
(en noun)citation
citation, page= , passage=Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.}}