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Receive vs. Claim — What's the Difference?

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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