Reception vs Deadhouse - What's the difference?
reception | deadhouse |
The act of receiving.
(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
A reaction.
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The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
(UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
As nouns the difference between reception and deadhouse
is that reception is reception (action of receiving) while deadhouse is a morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.reception
English
Noun
- We have poor TV reception in the valley.
- The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
- After the wedding we proceeded to the reception .
- The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception .
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