different between recipient vs excipient

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipi?ns, present participle of recipi? (“to receive”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?p.i.?nt/
• IPA^(key): /??.?s?.pi.?nt/

Noun

recipient (plural recipients)

1. One who receives.

   the recipient of money or goods

   My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.

2. (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
3. (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Usage notes

"Recipient" is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals. "receiver" is used for insignificant items.

Translations

Adjective

recipient (not comparable)

1. receiving

See also

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recipiens, recipientem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?.si.pi?ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?.si.pi?en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.si.pi?ent/

Noun

recipient m (plural recipients)

1. recipient, container

Related terms

• rebre

Latin

Verb

recipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recipi?

Romanian

Etymology

From French récipient

Noun

recipient n (plural recipiente)

1. container

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excipi?ns, present participle of excipi?. See except.

Noun

excipient (plural excipients)

1. (pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.
2. An exceptor.

Related terms

• concipient
• incipient
• intercipient
• recipient

Translations

Adjective

excipient (comparative more excipient, superlative most excipient)

1. Taking an exception.

References

• excipient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Verb

excipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of excipi?

Romanian

Etymology

From French excipient

Noun

excipient n (plural excipien?i)

1. excipient

Declension