celebrate vs receive

celebrate and receive both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
celebrate	No	No	Yes	No
receive	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, receive is a hyponym of celebrate; that is, receive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than celebrate:

Other hyponyms of celebrate include jubilate, jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up, party.

celebrate (verb)	receive (verb)
have a celebration	convert into sounds or pictures
behave as expected during of holidays or rites	receive a specified treatment (abstract)
assign great social importance to	accept as true or valid
	regard favorably or with disapproval
	bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
	partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
	express willingness to have in one's home or environs
	register (perceptual input)
	go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
	receive as a retribution or punishment
	get something; come into possession of
	have or give a reception
	experience as a reaction