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receive vs horripilate

horripilate vs receive

receive and horripilate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
receive No No Yes No
horripilate No No Yes No
As verbs, horripilate is a hyponym of receive; that is, horripilate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than receive:
  • receive: go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  • horripilate: have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps
Other hyponyms of receive include get, have, suffer, sustain, take.
receive (verb) horripilate (verb)
convert into sounds or pictures cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps
receive a specified treatment (abstract) have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps
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
Difference between receive and horripilate

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