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Refer vs Referment - What's the difference?

refer | referment |

As verbs the difference between refer and referment

is that refer is to direct the attention of while referment is to ferment again.

As a noun referment is

the act of referring; reference.

refer

English

Verb

(referr)
  • To direct the attention of.
    • The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
  • To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
    • He referred the matter to the principal.
    to refer a patient to a psychiatrist
  • 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.
    • He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
  • (rfex) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
  • # (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence
  • #:

    • Synonyms

    * delegate * direct

    Derived terms

    * refer to * refer someone to

    Anagrams

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    referment

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • To ferment again
    • Related terms
    * refermentation

    Etymology 2

    Noun

  • The act of referring; reference.
    • (Laud)

    Anagrams

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