Preferred vs Referred - What's the difference?
preferred | referred |
(prefer)
(finance) Preferred stock.
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(refer)
To direct the attention of.
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
(rfex) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
# (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence
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As verbs the difference between preferred and referred
is that preferred is past tense of prefer while referred is past tense of refer.As an adjective preferred
is favoured.As a noun preferred
is preferred stock.preferred
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)citation
referred
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Verb
(head)refer
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Verb
(referr)- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
- He referred the matter to the principal.
- to refer a patient to a psychiatrist
- He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
