# Using Task.start with receive -- is this the same as Task.async?

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/using-task-start-with-receive-is-this-the-same-as-task-async/34481>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** task, concurrency\
**Created:** [September 20, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/using-task-start-with-receive-is-this-the-same-as-task-async/34481 "2020-09-20T19:08:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![vrod](https://forum.elixirforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vrod](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/vrod)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/using-task-start-with-receive-is-this-the-same-as-task-async/34481/3 "2020-09-20T19:43:31Z")

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Thank you for your response! I think this is beginning to make sense.

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