receive vs comprehend
comprehend vs receivereceive and comprehend both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| receive | No | No | Yes | No |
| comprehend | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
comprehend is a hypernym of
receive; that is, comprehend is a
word with a broader meaning than receive:
- receive: register (perceptual input)
- comprehend: to become aware of through the senses
Other hypernyms of receive include
perceive.
| receive (verb) | comprehend (verb) |
|---|---|
| convert into sounds or pictures | get the meaning of something |
| receive a specified treatment (abstract) | to become aware of through the senses |
| accept as true or valid | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory |
| 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 |
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
Words related to "comprehend"
- ache
- address
- apperceive
- apprehend
- catch
- catch on
- compass
- comprehendible
- comprehensible
- comprehension
- comprehensive
- cotton on
- cover
- deal
- dig
- digest
- discern
- discover
- distinguish
- divine
- dream
- embrace
- encompass
- experience
- feel
- figure
- find
- get
- get it
- get onto
- get the picture
- get wise
- grasp
- grok
- hallucinate
- handle
- have
- hear
- hurt
- include
- intuit
- latch on
- listen
- make out
- mark
- misperceive
- note
- notice
- observe
- perceive
- pick out
- pick up
- plow
- receive
- recognise
- recognize
- record
- register
- savvy
- see
- see through
- sense
- sight
- smell
- spot
- spy
- suffer
- take note
- taste
- tell apart
- touch
- treat
- tumble
- twig
- understand
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