recipient vs receive

recipient is a noun but receive is not a noun.

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

recipient (noun)	receive (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 receives something

recipient (verb)	receive (verb)
	convert into sounds or pictures
	receive a specified treatment (abstract)
	accept as true or valid
	regard favorably or with disapproval
	bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
	partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
	express willingness to have in one's home or environs
	register (perceptual input)
	go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
	receive as a retribution or punishment
	get something; come into possession of
	have or give a reception
	experience as a reaction