Referred vs. Deferred — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Referred and Deferred
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Referred
To direct to a source for help or information
Referred her to a heart specialist.
Referred me to his last employer for a recommendation.
Deferred
Postponed or delayed
Deferred gratification.
Deferred military draft.
Referred
To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.
Deferred
Withheld until a future date
Deferred benefits.
A deferred payment.
Referred
To direct the attention of
I refer you to the training manual.
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Deferred
Simple past tense and past participle of defer
Referred
To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
Deferred
Delayed; put off till later.
Requested a deferred payment
Referred
To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class
Referred the newly discovered partita to the 1600s.
Deferred
Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.
The decision was deferred to the regional manager
Referred
To relate or pertain; concern
Questions referring to yesterday's lecture.
Deferred
(accounting) Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.
Referred
To serve as a descriptor or have as a denotation
The word chair refers to a piece of furniture.
Deferred
(programming) promise
Referred
To speak or write about something briefly or incidentally; make reference
Referred during our conversation to several books he was reading.
Deferred
(finance) A deferred bond.
Referred
To turn one's attention, as in seeking information
Refer to a dictionary.
Deferred
Put off to later;
Requested a deferred payment
Our postponed trip
Referred
Simple past tense and past participle of refer
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