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recipient vs heir

heir vs recipient

recipient and heir both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recipient Yes No No No
heir Yes No No No
As nouns, heir is a hyponym of recipient; that is, heir is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recipient:
  • recipient: a person who receives something
  • heir: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
Other hyponyms of recipient include addressee, alienee, grantee, annuitant, assignee, beneficiary, donee, borrower, conferee, consignee, dependant, dependent, grantee, heritor, inheritor, honoree, host, mandatary, mandatory, payee, protege, sendee, transferee, warrantee.
recipient (noun) heir (noun)
the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
a person who receives something a person who inherits some title or office
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