different between reception vs application

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)

1. The act of receiving.
2. (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.

3. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

   After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.

4. A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

   The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
5. The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
6. (Britain, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
7. (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
8. (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

1. a reception, a front desk
2. a reception, a social welcoming event

Declension

Synonyms

• intagning (i en orden)
• mottagning
• vakt

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applic?ti?nem, accusative singular of applic?ti? (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applic? (“join to, attach; apply”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æpl??ke???n/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?æpl??ke???n/
• Hyphenation: ap?pli?ca?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

application (countable and uncountable, plural applications)

1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense

2. The substance applied.
   • 1857, John Eadie, John Francis Waller, William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography

     His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life.

3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

   • All that I have hitherto contended for, is, that whatsoever rigor is necessary, it is more to be us'd, the younger children are; and having by a due application wrought its effect, it is to be relax'd, and chang'd into a milder sort of government.

4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

5. (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

6. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

7. (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

8. The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
9. Diligence; close thought or attention.
10. A kind of needlework; appliqué.
11. (obsolete) Compliance.

Synonyms

• (computer software): software, program, app

Hyponyms

Translations

See also

• app

References

• WordNet 3.0 [1].

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin applicatio, applicationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pli.ka.sj??/

Noun

application f (plural applications)

1. application
2. (mathematics) mapping

Related terms

• appliquer

Further reading

• “application” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).