Receive vs. Claim — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Receive and Claim
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Receive
To take or acquire (something given or offered); get or be given
Receive a present.
Claim
State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof
‘I'm entitled to be conceited,’ he claimed
Not every employee is eligible to claim unfair dismissal
The Prime Minister claimed that he was concerned about Third World debt
Receive
To be the person who gets (something sent or transmitted)
Receive an email.
Claim
Formally request or demand; say that one owns or has earned (something)
If no one claims the items, they will become Crown property
Receive
(Sports) To catch or get possession of (a pass or a kicked ball, for example).
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Claim
Cause the loss of (someone's life)
The attacks claimed the lives of five people
Receive
To have (a title, for example) bestowed on oneself.
Claim
An assertion that something is true
He was dogged by the claim that he had CIA links
Receive
To hear or see (information, for example)
Receive bad news.
Claim
A demand or request for something considered one's due
The court had denied their claims to asylum
Receive
To perceive or acquire mentally
Receive a bad impression.
Claim
To demand, ask for, or take as one's own or one's due
Claim a reward.
Claim one's luggage at the airport carousel.
Receive
To regard with approval or disapproval
Ideas that were received well.
Claim
To take in a violent manner as if by right
A hurricane that claimed two lives.
Receive
To listen to and acknowledge formally and authoritatively
The judge received their oath of allegiance.
Claim
To state to be true, especially when open to question; assert or maintain
Claimed he had won the race.
A candidate claiming many supporters.
Receive
To take in and convert (radio waves, for example) into an electrical signal or into an audio or visual output.
Claim
To deserve or call for; require
Problems that claim her attention.
Receive
To experience or be subjected to; meet with
Receive sympathetic treatment.
Claim
A demand for something as rightful or due.
Receive
To have inflicted or imposed on oneself
Receive a penalty.
Claim
A basis for demanding something; a title or right.
Receive
To bear the weight or force of; support
The beams receive the full weight of the walls and roof.
Claim
Something claimed in a formal or legal manner, especially a tract of public land staked out by a miner or homesteader.
Receive
To take or intercept the impact of (a blow, for example).
Claim
A demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy or other formal arrangement.
Receive
To be exposed to or withstand
The hillside cottage receives strong winds.
Claim
The sum of money demanded.
Receive
To take in, hold, or contain
A tank that receives rainwater.
Claim
A statement of something as a fact; an assertion of truth
Makes no claim to be a cure.
Receive
To admit or accept
Receive new members.
Claim
A demand of ownership made for something.
A claim of ownership
A claim of victory
Receive
To greet, welcome, or be visited by
Receive guests.
Claim
The thing claimed.
Receive
To acquire or get something; be a recipient.
Claim
The right or ground of demanding.
You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
Receive
To admit or welcome guests or visitors
The couple are not receiving this winter.
Claim
A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.
Receive
To partake of the Eucharist.
Claim
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
Receive
To convert incoming electromagnetic signals into sound, light, or electrical signals.
Claim
(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
Receive
(Sports) To receive a pass or a kicked ball, for example.
Claim
To demand ownership of.
Receive
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
She received many presents for her birthday.
Claim
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
Receive
(law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
Claim
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
Receive
To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
To receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
Claim
(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
Receive
To incur (an injury).
I received a bloody nose from the collision.
Claim
(intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
Receive
To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
Claim
To cause the loss of, usually by violent means.
The attacks claimed the lives of five people.
A fire claimed two homes.
Receive
(telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
Claim
(obsolete) To proclaim.
Receive
(sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
Claim
(archaic) To call or name.
Receive
To be in a position to hit back a service.
Claim
To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
Receive
(American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
Claim
To proclaim.
Receive
To accept into the mind; to understand.
Claim
To call or name.
Receive
(telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.
Claim
To assert; to maintain.
Receive
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
Receyven all in gree that God us sent.
Claim
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority.
Receive
Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
Our hearts receive your warnings.
The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.
Claim
A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
Receive
To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots.
Claim
A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.
Receive
To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
They kindled a fire, and received us every one.
Claim
The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; ; as, a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
Receive
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings.
Claim
A loud call.
Receive
To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.
Against his will he can receive no harm.
Claim
An assertion of a right (as to money or property);
His claim asked for damages
Receive
To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
Claim
An assertion that something is true or factual;
His claim that he was innocent
Evidence contradicted the government's claims
Receive
To bat back (the ball) when served.
Who, if we knewWhat we receive, would either not acceptLife offered, or soon beg to lay it down.
Claim
Demand for something as rightful or due;
They struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day
Receive
To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
Claim
An informal right to something;
His claim on her attentions
His title to fame
Receive
To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.
Claim
An established or recognized right;
A strong legal claim to the property
He had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate
He staked his claim
Receive
Get something; come into possession of;
Receive payment
Receive a gift
Receive letters from the front
Claim
A demand especially in the phrase
The call of duty
Receive
Receive a specified treatment (abstract);
These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
His movie received a good review
I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
Claim
Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing;
He claimed that he killed the burglar
Receive
Recieve (perceptual input);
Pick up a signal
Claim
Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to;
He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter
Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident
Receive
Of mental or physical states or experiences;
Get an idea
Experience vertigo
Get nauseous
Undergo a strange sensation
The chemical undergoes a sudden change
The fluid undergoes shear
Receive injuries
Have a feeling
Claim
Ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example;
They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
Receive
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs;
The community warmly received the refugees
Claim
Lay claim to; as of an idea;
She took credit for the whole idea
Receive
Accept as true or valid;
He received Christ
Claim
Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;
The accident claimed three lives
The hard work took its toll on her
Receive
Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
Receive
Convert into sounds or pictures;
Receive the incoming radio signals
Receive
Experience as a reaction;
My proposal met with much opposition
Receive
Have or give a reception;
The lady is receiving Sunday morning
Receive
Receive as a retribution or punishment;
He got 5 years in prison
Receive
Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
Receive
Regard favorably or with disapproval;
Her new collection of poems was not well received
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