Citation vs. Reference
Citationnoun
An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
Referencenoun
A relationship or relation (to something).
Citationnoun
The paper containing such summons or notice.
Referencenoun
A measurement one can compare to.
Citationnoun
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his/her own words.
Referencenoun
Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
Citationnoun
An entry in a list of source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
Referencenoun
A person who provides this information; a referee.
Citationnoun
The passage or words quoted; quotation.
Referencenoun
A reference work.
Citationnoun
Enumeration; mention.
âIt's a simple citation of facts.â;
Referencenoun
(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.
Citationnoun
A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
Referencenoun
(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
Citationnoun
A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.
Referencenoun
(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
Citationnoun
An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
Referencenoun
(programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
Citationnoun
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.
âThis horse load of citations and fathers.â;
Referencenoun
A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
Citationnoun
Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
Referencenoun
(obsolete) Appeal.
Citationnoun
A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
Referenceverb
To provide a list of references for (a text).
âYou must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it.â;
Citationnoun
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
Referenceverb
To refer to, to use as a reference.
âReference the dictionary for word meanings.â;
Citationnoun
(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
Referenceverb
To mention, to cite.
âIn his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent.â;
Citationnoun
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;
âthe student's essay failed to list several important citationsâ; âthe acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a bookâ; âthe article includes mention of similar clinical casesâ;
Referenceverb
(programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.
âThe given pointer will reference the actual generated data.â;
Citationnoun
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Referencenoun
The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
Citationnoun
a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
Referencenoun
That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.
Citationnoun
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
Referencenoun
Relation; regard; respect.
âSomething that hath a reference to my state.â;
Citation
A citation is a reference to a source. More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the purpose of acknowledging the relevance of the works of others to the topic of discussion at the spot where the citation appears.
Referencenoun
One who, or that which, is referred to.
Referencenoun
The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
Referencenoun
Appeal.
Referencenoun
a remark that calls attention to something or someone;
âshe made frequent mention of her promotionâ; âthere was no mention of itâ; âthe speaker made several references to his wifeâ;
Referencenoun
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;
âthe student's essay failed to list several important citationsâ; âthe acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a bookâ; âthe article includes mention of similar clinical casesâ;
Referencenoun
an indicator that orients you generally;
âit is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involvedâ;
Referencenoun
a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts;
âhe contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topicâ;
Referencenoun
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;
ârequests for character references are all to often answered evasivelyâ;
Referencenoun
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;
âthe extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobosâ;
Referencenoun
the act of referring or consulting;
âreference to an encyclopedia produced the answerâ;
Referencenoun
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;
âhe carried an armful of references back to his deskâ; âhe spent hours looking for the source of that quotationâ;
Referencenoun
the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to;
âhe argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexesâ;
Referenceverb
refer to;
âhe referenced his colleagues' workâ;
Reference
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.
