Acceptance vs. Reception — What's the Difference?

Acceptance in human psychology is a person's assent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition (often a negative or uncomfortable situation) without attempting to change it or protest it. The concept is close in meaning to acquiescence, derived from the Latin acquiēscere (to find rest in).

The action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted

The action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered

A formal social occasion held to welcome someone or to celebrate an event

The process or fact of being received as adequate, valid, or suitable

The process of receiving broadcast signals

Agreement with or belief in an idea or explanation

The area in a hotel or organization where guests and visitors are greeted and dealt with

The act of taking something offered

The first class in an infant or primary school

The act of admitting to a group or organization

An act of catching a pass

A notification that someone or something has been accepted

The act or process of receiving or of being received.

Favorable reception; approval

(Football) The act or an instance of catching a forward pass.

Belief in something; agreement

A welcome, greeting, or acceptance

A formal indication by a debtor of willingness to pay a draft or bill of exchange.

A social function, especially one intended to provide a welcome or greeting

An instrument so accepted, especially a bankers' acceptance.

Mental approval or acceptance

(Law) The demonstration of agreement with the terms and conditions of another's offer so that the offer becomes a contract between the two parties.

Conversion of transmitted electromagnetic signals into perceptible forms, such as sound or light, by means of antennas and electronic equipment.

(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

The condition or quality of the signals so received.

(countable) An instance of that act.

The act of receiving.

Belief in something; agreement, assent.

The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

The state of being accepted.

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.

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

An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.

The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.

The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.

(law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.

A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.

(American football) The act of catching a pass.

(optics) etendue.

(linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.

State of being accepted; acceptableness.

The state of being received.

An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.

The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.

An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.

An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

A retaking; a recovery.

Meaning; acceptation.

The manner in which something is greeted;

The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true;

A formal party of people; as after a wedding

The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;

Quality or fidelity of a received broadcast

The state of being acceptable and accepted;

The act of receiving

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

(American football) the act of catching a pass in football;

Banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank

A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations;

The act of taking something that is offered;