The difference between Receiver and Transceiver
When used as nouns, receiver means a person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something. a trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation. a person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity. a person who accepts stolen goods. any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision. # a telephone handset. # a smartphone earpiece. an offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed. a person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served. an element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element. # the part of a firearm containing the action. # a vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine. # a capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine, whereas transceiver means a combined radio transmitter and receiver.
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Receiver as a noun (American football):
A person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something. A trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation. A person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity. A person who accepts stolen goods. Any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision. # A telephone handset. # A smartphone earpiece. An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed. A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served. An element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element. # The part of a firearm containing the action. # A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine. # A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
Examples:
"synonyms: recipient gloss more formal, usually referring to one who receives such things as an award or medal"
"synonyms: insolvency administrator insolvency practitioner liquidator administrator court administrator trustee in bankruptcy"
"ant transmitter"
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Transceiver as a noun:
A combined radio transmitter and receiver.
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Transceiver as a noun (computing):
A device that performs transmitting and receiving functions, especially if using common components.