donee vs receiver

donee and receiver both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
donee	Yes	No	No	No
receiver	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, receiver is a hypernym of donee; that is, receiver is a word with a broader meaning than donee:

Other hypernyms of donee include recipient.

donee (noun)	receiver (noun)
the recipient of funds or other benefits	set that receives radio or tv signals
	earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
	a person who receives something
	(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
	a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
	the tennis player who receives the serve