receiver vs heritor

heritor vs receiver

receiver and heritor both are nouns.

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

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

receiver: a person who receives something
heritor: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

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

receiver (noun)	heritor (noun)
set that receives radio or tv signals	a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
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

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