acceptor vs adherent

acceptor

noun
  • One who accepts. 

  • One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted. 

  • A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted. 

  • An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond. 

  • A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid 

  • A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain 

  • A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor 

adherent

noun
  • A person who has membership in some group, association or religion. 

adj
  • Adhesive, sticking to something. 

  • Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something. 

  • Attaching or pressing against a different organ. 

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