receive vs recipient

receive is not a noun while recipient is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
receive	No	No	Yes	No
recipient	Yes	No	No	No

receive (noun)	recipient (noun)
	the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
	a person who receives something

receive (verb)	recipient (verb)
convert into sounds or pictures
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
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