Receiving vs Receiver - What's the difference?
receiving | receiver |
The act by which something is received; reception.
* Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
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.
As nouns the difference between receiving and receiver
is that receiving is the act by which something is received; reception while receiver is a person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.As a verb receiving
is present participle of lang=en.receiving
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Those that are received graciously may, and must, render the calves of their lips — poor returns for rich receivings , yet, if sincere, more acceptable than the calves of the stall.
