Refer vs Introduce - What's the difference?
refer | introduce |
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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(of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
To bring (something) into practice.
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In transitive terms the difference between refer and introduce
is that refer is 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 while introduce is to bring (something) into practice.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.
Synonyms
* delegate * directDerived terms
* refer to * refer someone toAnagrams
* English palindromes ----introduce
English
Verb
(introduc)The widening gyre, passage=First introduced in Letchworth Garden City in 1909, the roundabout
