different between receptacle vs reception
receptacle
English
Etymology
From Middle English receptacle, from Anglo-Norman receptacle and Middle French receptacle (“organ containing a fluid; gathering place; water basin”) (modern French réceptacle), from Latin recept?culum (“animal enclosure, container, place of refuge, receptacle, repository, reservoir, shelter”), from recept?re (“to harbour, to receive, to shelter”) or recept? (“I receive back or again, I recover”), frequentative of recipi? (“I receive; I hold back, I reserve”) (from re- (“back, again”) + capi? (“I hold”)) + -culum (suffix forming nouns from verbs, particularly nouns representing tools and instruments); cognate with Italian recettaculo, ricettaculo, Portuguese receptáculo, Spanish receptáculo.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???s?p.t?.kl?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???s?p.t?.k(?)l/, /?i-/
- Hyphenation: re?cep?ta?cle
Noun
receptacle (plural receptacles)
- A container.
- 1818, anonymous [Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In Three Volumes, London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, Finsbury Square, OCLC 682152368; republished as Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; no. IX), rev. and corr. edition, London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street; Bell & Bradfute Edinburgh; J. Cumming, Dublin, 1839, OCLC 316824153, page 38:
- Darkness had no effect upon my fancy; and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm.
- 1818, anonymous [Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In Three Volumes, London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, Finsbury Square, OCLC 682152368; republished as Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; no. IX), rev. and corr. edition, London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street; Bell & Bradfute Edinburgh; J. Cumming, Dublin, 1839, OCLC 316824153, page 38:
- (botany) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.
- In the Asteraceae (aster or sunflower family), the end of the peduncle to which all of the florets of the flower head are attached.
- In the Asteraceae (aster or sunflower family), the end of the peduncle to which all of the florets of the flower head are attached.
- (phycology) A structure at the end of a branch of an alga containing conceptacles (reproductive organs).
- (zoology) An organ that receives and holds a secretion.
- (electricity, US) A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically by receiving the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment.
Synonyms
- (botany): thalamus, torus
- See also Thesaurus:container
Translations
References
Further reading
- receptacle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- receptacle (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Middle English
Alternative forms
- receptakel
Etymology
From Middle French receptacle and Anglo-Norman receptacle, from Latin recept?culum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?s?pt?a?k?l/, /r?s?pt?a?kl?/
Noun
receptacle (plural receptacles)
- receptacle, container
- (rare) place of refuge
Descendants
- English: receptacle
References
- “recept?cle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
receptacle From the web:
- what receptacle do i need
- what receptacle for dryer
- what receptacle for welder
- what receptacle means
- what receptacle is a winchester
- what receptacles have to be tamper resistant
- what receptacle means in spanish
- receptacle what does it mean
reception
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French reception, from Latin recepti? (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipi? (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capi? (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???s?p.?n?/
Noun
reception (countable and uncountable, plural receptions)
- The act of receiving.
- (uncountable, electronics) 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.
- A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
- After the wedding we proceeded to the 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.
- The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
- (Britain, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
- (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
- (American football) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}
.
Synonyms
- (desk where guests are received): front desk
Derived terms
- reception center, reception centre
- reception desk
- receptionist
- reception room
Related terms
- receptacle
- receptive
- receptible
- receptor
- receive
Translations
Anagrams
- pre-notice, prenotice
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French réception, English reception, from Latin receptio.
Noun
reception c
- a reception, a front desk
- a reception, a social welcoming event
Declension
Synonyms
- intagning (i en orden)
- mottagning
- vakt
reception From the web:
- what receptionist do
- what reception means
- what receptionist
- what receptionist do in hotel
- what receptionist means
- what receptionist responsibilities
- what reception will harry get
- what receptionist does
you may also like
- receptacle vs reception
- century vs cent
- centipede vs cent
- centurion vs cent
- centennial vs cent
- stepsister vs stepbrother
- stepparent vs stepbrother
- stepfamily vs stepbrother
- stepdaughter vs stepbrother
- cafeteria vs cafe
- croat vs croatian
- prodigious vs prodigy
- progenitor vs progeny
- hybridist vs hybrid
- hybridise vs hybrid
- hybrida vs hybrid
- sterilized vs sterile
- sterilised vs sterile
- sterilize vs sterile
- sterilization vs sterile