Moderator vs Referee - What's the difference?
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someone who moderates
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# an arbitrator or mediator
# the chair or president of a meeting etc.
the person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian Church
(physics) a substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission
a device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or silencer.
(UK) An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
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(Ireland) At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
(sports) An umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game
A person who settles a dispute
A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone
An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published
To act as a referee.
* 'He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.'
* 'She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature .'
As nouns the difference between moderator and referee
is that moderator is someone who moderates while referee is an umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.As a verb referee is
to act as a referee.moderator
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(wikipedia moderator)Alternative forms
* moderatour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Angling was a moderator of passions.
referee
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Noun
(en noun)- 'The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.'
- Your application, along with letters from three referees , should be received by January 31.