Concierge vs. Reception — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Concierge and Reception
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Definitions
Concierge➦
A concierge (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sjɛʁʒ]) is an employee of a multi-tenant building, such as a hotel or apartment building, who receives guests. The concept has been applied more generally to other hospitality settings and to personal concierges who manage the errands of private clients.
Reception➦
The action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted
Sensation is not the passive reception of stimuli
Concierge➦
A staff member of a hotel or apartment complex who assists guests or residents, as by handling the storage of luggage, taking and delivering messages, and making reservations for tours.
Reception➦
A formal social occasion held to welcome someone or to celebrate an event
A wedding reception
Concierge➦
A person, especially in France, who lives in an apartment house, attends the entrance, and serves as a janitor.
Reception➦
The process of receiving broadcast signals
A microchip that will allow parents to block reception of violent programmes
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Concierge➦
One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
Reception➦
The area in a hotel or organization where guests and visitors are greeted and dealt with
Wait for me downstairs in reception
The reception desk
Concierge➦
(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.
Reception➦
The first class in an infant or primary school
My son is in reception
The reception class
Concierge➦
(obsolete) conciergerie.
Reception➦
An act of catching a pass
His 49 receptions included six touchdowns
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Concierge➦
One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
Reception➦
The act or process of receiving or of being received.
Concierge➦
A French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
Reception➦
(Football) The act or an instance of catching a forward pass.
Reception➦
A welcome, greeting, or acceptance
A friendly reception.
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.
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.
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