Referee vs. Referral — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Referee and Referral
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Definitions
Referee➦
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titles depending on the sport, including umpire, judge, arbiter (chess), commissaire, or technical official (by the International Olympic Committee).
Referral➦
To direct to a source for help or information
Referred her to a heart specialist.
Referred me to his last employer for a recommendation.
Referee➦
One to whom something is referred, especially for settlement, decision, or an opinion as to the thing's quality.
Referral➦
To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.
Referee➦
Sports & Games An official supervising the play; an umpire.
Referral➦
To direct the attention of
I refer you to the training manual.
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Referee➦
(Law) A person appointed by a court to assist a judge in the trying of a case or to hear certain types of cases.
Referral➦
To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
Referee➦
To judge as referee.
Referral➦
To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class
Referred the newly discovered partita to the 1600s.
Referee➦
To act as referee.
Referral➦
To relate or pertain; concern
Questions referring to yesterday's lecture.
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Referee➦
(sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.
Referral➦
To serve as a descriptor or have as a denotation
The word chair refers to a piece of furniture.
Referee➦
A person who settles a dispute.
Referral➦
To speak or write about something briefly or incidentally; make reference
Referred during our conversation to several books he was reading.
Referee➦
(UK) A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference.
Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.
Referral➦
To turn one's attention, as in seeking information
Refer to a dictionary.
Referee➦
An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
Referral➦
The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.
The insurance company insists I get a referral from my regular doctor. I can't just go to the specialist; a GP has got to refer me.
Referee➦
To act as a referee.
He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.
She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.
Referral➦
(slang) A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral.
After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.
Referee➦
One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.
Referral➦
A recommendation to consult the (professional) person referred to;
This patient is a referral from Dr. Bones
Referee➦
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
Referral➦
The act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
Referee➦
Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
Referee➦
An attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
Referee➦
Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
Referee➦
Evaluate professionally a colleague's work
