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heir vs recipient

recipient vs heir

heir and recipient both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heir Yes No No No
recipient Yes No No No
As nouns, recipient is a hypernym of heir; that is, recipient is a word with a broader meaning than heir:
  • heir: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
  • recipient: a person who receives something
Other hypernyms of heir include receiver.
heir (noun) recipient (noun)
a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
a person who inherits some title or office a person who receives something
Difference between heir and recipient

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