receiver vs inheritor

inheritor vs receiver

receiver and inheritor both are nouns.

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

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

receiver: a person who receives something
inheritor: 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, heritor, honoree, host, mandatary, mandatory, payee, protege, sendee, transferee, warrantee.

receiver (noun)	inheritor (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

Difference between receiver and inheritor

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