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recipient vs inheritor

inheritor vs recipient

recipient and inheritor both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recipient Yes No No No
inheritor Yes No No No
As nouns, inheritor is a hyponym of recipient; that is, inheritor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recipient:
  • recipient: 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 recipient 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.
recipient (noun) inheritor (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
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