Took vs Received - What's the difference?
took | received |
(take)
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (receive)
Generally accepted as correct or true
(by implication) Unchallenged axioms
:"The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom – from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes – this is of course rubbish." Robin Wilkinson. Western Mail, Oct 30 2012.
As verbs the difference between took and received
is that took is (take) while received is (receive).As an adjective received is
generally accepted as correct or true.took
English
Verb
(head)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}