receiver vs beneficiary

beneficiary vs receiver

receiver and beneficiary both are nouns.

receiver is not an adjective while beneficiary is an adjective.

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

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

receiver: a person who receives something
beneficiary: the recipient of funds or other benefits

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

receiver (noun)	beneficiary (noun)
set that receives radio or tv signals	the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds	the recipient of funds or other benefits
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

receiver (adjective)	beneficiary (adjective)
	having or arising from a benefice

Difference between receiver and beneficiary

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