Certificate vs. Reference — What's the Difference?

A document establishing the authenticity of certain details of an item, event, or transaction

Reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. The first object in this relation is said to refer to the second object.

A document issued to a person completing a course of study not leading to a diploma.

The act of referring to something

A document certifying that a person may officially practice in certain professions.

Significance for a specified matter; relation or relationship

A document certifying ownership.

Meaning or denotation

To furnish with, testify to, or authorize by a certificate.

A mention of an occurrence or situation

A document containing a certified statement.

A note in a publication referring the reader to another passage or source.

A document evidencing ownership or debt.

The passage or source so referred to.

(education) A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.

A work frequently used as a source.

(computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.

A mark or footnote used to direct a reader elsewhere for additional information.

(computing) public key certificate

Submission of a case to a referee.

A motion picture age rating.

Legal proceedings conducted before or by a referee.

To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

A person who recommends another or who can vouch for another's fitness or qualifications, as for a job.

A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

A statement about a person's qualifications, character, and dependability.

A written declaration legally authenticated.

To supply (a text) with references

To verify or vouch for by certificate.

To cite as a reference

To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher.

Usage Problem To mention or allude to

A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

A relationship or relation (to something).

A formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends;

A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.

Present someone with a certificate

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.

Authorize by certificate

A person who provides this information; onlyn in UK English: a referee.

A reference work.

(attributive) That which serves as a reference work.

The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.

(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.

(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.

(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.

(computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.

A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.

(obsolete) Appeal.

To provide a list of references for (a text).

To refer to, to use as a reference.

To mention, to cite.

(programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.

Relation; regard; respect.

One who, or that which, is referred to.

The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.

Appeal.

A remark that calls attention to something or someone;

A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

An indicator that orients you generally;

A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts;

A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;

The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;

The act of referring or consulting;

A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;

The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to;

Refer to;