recipient vs beneficiary

beneficiary vs recipient

recipient and beneficiary both are nouns.

recipient is not an adjective while beneficiary is an adjective.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of recipient 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.

recipient (noun)	beneficiary (noun)
the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause	the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
a person who receives something	the recipient of funds or other benefits

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

Difference between recipient and beneficiary

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