Handset vs. Receiver — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Handset and Receiver
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Handset
A handset is a component of a telephone that a user holds to the ear and mouth to receive audio through the receiver and speak to the remote party via the built-in transmitter. In earlier telephones the transmitter was mounted directly on the telephone itself, which was attached to a wall at a convenient height or affixed to a desk stand.
Receiver
The part of a telephone apparatus contained in the earpiece, in which electrical signals are converted into sounds.
Handset
The handle-shaped part of a telephone, containing the receiver and transmitter and often a dial or push buttons.
Receiver
A person who gets or accepts something that has been sent or given to them
The receiver of a gift
Handset
The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
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Receiver
A person or company appointed by a court to manage the financial affairs of a business or person that has gone bankrupt
The company is in the hands of the receivers
Handset
A mobile phone.
Receiver
A container for collecting the products of distillation, chromatography, or other process.
Handset
A hand-held device for remote control of a piece of equipment.
Receiver
The part of a firearm which houses the action and to which the barrel and other parts are attached.
Handset
(typography) To typeset by hand.
Handsetting type
Receiver
One that receives something:a receiver of many compliments.
Handset
The mouthpiece and earpiece of a communications device mounted on a single handle; as, when the telephone rings, pick up the handset.
Receiver
A device, such as a part of a radio, television set, or telephone, that converts incoming electromagnetic signals into sound, light, or electrical signals.
Handset
Telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
Receiver
A person appointed by a court to receive and responsibly administer funds or property connected with ongoing litigation.
Receiver
A person who knowingly buys or receives stolen goods.
Receiver
A receptacle intended for a specific purpose.
Receiver
(Football)A member of the offensive team eligible to catch a forward pass.
Receiver
(Sports)A player who receives a pass.
Receiver
(Baseball)The catcher.
Receiver
A person.
Receiver
An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
Receiver
A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
Receiver
A person who accepts stolen goods.
Receiver
A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
Receiver
(American football) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
Receiver
(racquet sports) A person who attempts to return the serve.
Receiver
An item or apparatus.
Receiver
Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
Receiver
(chemistry) A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
Receiver
An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
Receiver
(firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
Receiver
A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
Receiver
Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.
Receiver
The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; hence the handset itself; an earpiece.
Receiver
(finance) A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg.
Receiver
One who takes or receives in any manner.
Receiver
A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases.
Receiver
One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.
Receiver
A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation.
Receiver
The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump.
Receiver
A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.
Receiver
That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; - opposed to transmitter.
Receiver
In portable breech-loading firearms, the steel frame screwed to the breech end of the barrel, which receives the bolt or block, gives means of securing for firing, facilitates loading, and holds the ejector, cut-off, etc.
Receiver
Set that receives radio or tv signals
Receiver
(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
Receiver
Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
Receiver
A person who gets something
Receiver
A football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
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