hear vs receive
receive vs hearhear and receive both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hear | No | No | Yes | No |
| receive | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
receive is a hypernym of
hear; that is, receive is a
word with a broader meaning than hear:
- hear: receive a communication from someone
- receive: register (perceptual input)
Other hypernyms of hear include
pick up.
| hear (verb) | receive (verb) |
|---|---|
| get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | convert into sounds or pictures |
| perceive (sound) via the auditory sense | receive a specified treatment (abstract) |
| receive a communication from someone | accept as true or valid |
| listen and pay attention | regard favorably or with disapproval |
| examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process | 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 |
Words related to "hear"
Words related to "receive"
- Christian religion
- Christianity
- absorb
- accept
- acquire
- assume
- catch
- celebrate
- change
- comprehend
- consider
- convert
- encounter
- experience
- fence
- fete
- find
- get
- graduate
- greet
- have
- hear
- horripilate
- hustle
- incur
- induct
- inherit
- invite
- meet
- obtain
- partake
- perceive
- pick up
- receiver
- reception
- receptive
- receptor
- recipient
- reckon
- recognise
- recognize
- regard
- see
- suffer
- sustain
- take
- take in
- take up
- touch
- undergo
- view
- welcome
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