receiver vs assignee

assignee vs receiver

receiver and assignee both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
receiver	Yes	No	No	No
assignee	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, assignee is a hyponym of receiver; that is, assignee is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than receiver:

receiver: a person who receives something
assignee: (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

Other hyponyms of receiver include addressee, alienee, grantee, annuitant, beneficiary, donee, borrower, conferee, consignee, dependant, dependent, grantee, heir, heritor, inheritor, honoree, host, mandatary, mandatory, payee, protege, sendee, transferee, warrantee.

receiver (noun)	assignee (noun)
set that receives radio or tv signals	(law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)
earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
a person who receives something
(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
the tennis player who receives the serve

Difference between receiver and assignee

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