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Taking vs Reception - What's the difference?

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Taking is a related term of reception.


As nouns the difference between taking and reception

is that taking is the act by which something is taken while reception is reception (action of receiving).

As an adjective taking

is alluring; attractive.

As a verb taking

is .

taking

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • alluring; attractive.
  • * Fuller
    • subtile in making his temptations most taking
  • (obsolete) infectious; contagious
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Noun

  • The act by which something is taken.
  • * 2010 , Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements (page 75)
    • Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.
  • (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
  • (uncountable) An apprehension.
  • (countable) That which has been gained.
    • Count the shop's takings .

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home […], foaming and raging.He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

    • Derived terms

    * for the taking

    See also

    * takings

    Statistics

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    reception

    English

    Noun

  • The act of receiving.
  • (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
    • We have poor TV reception in the valley.
    The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
  • A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
    • After the wedding we proceeded to the reception .
  • A reaction.
    • The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane.}}
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (desk where guests are received) front desk

    Derived terms

    * receptionist * reception desk * reception room

    Related terms

    * receptacle * receptive * receptible * receptor * receive

    Anagrams

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