Receptionist vs. Reception: What's the Difference?

Receptionist and Reception Definitions
Receptionist
An office worker employed chiefly to receive visitors and answer the telephone.
Reception
The act or process of receiving or of being received.
Receptionist
An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.
Reception
(Football) The act or an instance of catching a forward pass.
Receptionist
(theology) A proponent of receptionism.
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Reception
A welcome, greeting, or acceptance
A friendly reception.
Receptionist
A secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
Reception
A social function, especially one intended to provide a welcome or greeting
A wedding reception.
Reception
Mental approval or acceptance
The reception of a new theory.
Reception
Conversion of transmitted electromagnetic signals into perceptible forms, such as sound or light, by means of antennas and electronic equipment.
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Reception
The condition or quality of the signals so received.
Reception
The act of receiving.
Reception
The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
We have poor TV reception in the valley.
The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
Reception
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
Reception
A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
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Reception
The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
Reception
The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
Reception
(law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
Reception
(American football) The act of catching a pass.
Reception
(linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.
Reception
The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
Reception
The state of being received.
Reception
The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
What reception a poem may find.
Reception
Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced.
Reception
A retaking; a recovery.
Reception
The manner in which something is greeted;
She did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors
Reception
A formal party of people; as after a wedding
Reception
Quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
Reception
The act of receiving
Reception
(American football) the act of catching a pass in football;
The tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line