different between recipient vs miscarry

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

From Middle English miscarien, equivalent to mis- +? carry.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?m?s?kæ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Verb

miscarry (third-person singular simple present miscarries, present participle miscarrying, simple past and past participle miscarried)

1. (obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm. [14th-18th c.]
2. (now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong. [from 14th c.]
3. To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so. [from 16th c.]
4. To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). [from 16th c.]
5. Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient. [from 16th c.]
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost

     Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried.

   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1:

     It likewise alluded to several letters—which, it appeared to me, must have miscarried or been intercepted [...].

Derived terms

• miscarriage

Translations