Refer vs. Defer
Difference Between Refer and Defer
Referverb
(transitive) To direct the attention of.
The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.Deferverb
(transitive) To delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.
Referverb
(transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
He referred the matter to the principal.to refer a patient to a psychiatristDeferverb
(American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
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(transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.Deferverb
(intransitive) To delay, to wait.
Referverb
To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.Deferverb
To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
Referverb
(grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
Deferverb
To render, to offer.
Referverb
(computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.
Deferverb
hold back to a later time;
let's postpone the examReferverb
(education) Required to resit an examination.
Smith's marks in the finals were unsatisfactory and he was referred.Deferverb
submit or yield to another's wish or opinion;
The government bowed to the military pressureReferverb
make reference to;
His name was mentioned in connection with the inventionReferverb
have to do with or be relevant to;
There were lots of questions referring to her talkMy remark pertained to your earlier commentsReferverb
think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another;
This plant can be referred to a known speciesReferverb
send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision;
refer a patient to a specialistrefer a bill to a committeeReferverb
seek information from;
You should consult the dictionaryrefer to your notesReferverb
have as a meaning;
`multi-' denotes `many'
