Acceptance vs. Receiving: What's the Difference?

The act of taking something offered

To take or acquire (something given or offered); get or be given

The act of admitting to a group or organization

To be the person who gets (something sent or transmitted)

A notification that someone or something has been accepted

(Sports) To catch or get possession of (a pass or a kicked ball, for example).

Favorable reception; approval

To have (a title, for example) bestowed on oneself.

Belief in something; agreement

To hear or see (information, for example)

A formal indication by a debtor of willingness to pay a draft or bill of exchange.

To perceive or acquire mentally

An instrument so accepted, especially a bankers' acceptance.

To regard with approval or disapproval

(Law) The demonstration of agreement with the terms and conditions of another's offer so that the offer becomes a contract between the two parties.

To listen to and acknowledge formally and authoritatively

(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

To take in and convert (radio waves, for example) into an electrical signal or into an audio or visual output.

(countable) An instance of that act.

To experience or be subjected to; meet with

Belief in something; agreement, assent.

To have inflicted or imposed on oneself

The state of being accepted.

To bear the weight or force of; support

The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.

To take or intercept the impact of (a blow, for example).

An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

To be exposed to or withstand

(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.

To take in, hold, or contain

The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.

To admit or accept

A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.

To greet, welcome, or be visited by

(optics) etendue.

To acquire or get something; be a recipient.

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

To admit or welcome guests or visitors

State of being accepted; acceptableness.

To partake of the Eucharist.

An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.

To convert incoming electromagnetic signals into sound, light, or electrical signals.

An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

(Sports) To receive a pass or a kicked ball, for example.

An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

Present participle of receive

Meaning; acceptation.

The act by which something is received; reception.

The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true;

The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;

The state of being acceptable and accepted;

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

Banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank

A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations;

The act of taking something that is offered;