receiver vs television receiver

television receiver vs receiver

receiver and television receiver both are nouns.

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

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

receiver: set that receives radio or tv signals
television receiver: an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

Other hyponyms of receiver include direction finder, radio, radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, tuner, wireless, satellite receiver, boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television, television set, telly, tv, tv set, auto-alarm, autoalarm.

receiver (noun)	television receiver (noun)
set that receives radio or tv signals	an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
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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