Referee vs. Reference
Difference Between Referee and Reference
Refereenoun
(sports) An umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.Referencenoun
A relationship or relation (to something).
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A person who settles a dispute.
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A measurement one can compare to.
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A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone.
Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.Referencenoun
Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
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An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
Referencenoun
A person who provides this information; a referee.
Refereeverb
To act as a referee.
He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.Referencenoun
A reference work.
Refereenoun
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
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(semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
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someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
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(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
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an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
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(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
Refereeverb
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
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(programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
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evaluate professionally a colleague's work
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A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
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(obsolete) Appeal.
Referenceverb
To provide a list of references for (a text).
You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it.Referenceverb
To refer to, to use as a reference.
Reference the dictionary for word meanings.Referenceverb
To mention, to cite.
In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent.Referenceverb
(programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.
The given pointer will reference the actual generated data.Referencenoun
a remark that calls attention to something or someone;
she made frequent mention of her promotionthere was no mention of itthe speaker made several references to his wifeReferencenoun
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;
the student's essay failed to list several important citationsthe acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a bookthe article includes mention of similar clinical casesReferencenoun
an indicator that orients you generally;
it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involvedReferencenoun
a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts;
he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topicReferencenoun
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;
requests for character references are all to often answered evasivelyReferencenoun
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;
the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and PhobosReferencenoun
the act of referring or consulting;
reference to an encyclopedia produced the answerReferencenoun
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;
he carried an armful of references back to his deskhe spent hours looking for the source of that quotationReferencenoun
the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to;
he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexesReferenceverb
refer to;
he referenced his colleagues' work
