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Judgment vs Referee - What's the difference?

judgment | referee |

As a noun judgment

is the act of judging.

As a verb referee is

.

judgment

English

Alternative forms

* judgement (British) * iugement, iudgement, iudgment, iudgemente, iudgmente (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of judging.
  • The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment.
  • * Psalms 72:2 ().
    • He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment .
  • * Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream , I-i
    • Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.
  • The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
  • * Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona , IV-iv
    • She in my judgment was as fair as you.
  • (legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
  • * .
    • In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own.
  • * Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice , IV-i
    • Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment .
  • (theology) The final award; the last sentence.

    • Usage notes

    See for discussion of spelling usage of judgment' versus '''judgement . Briefly, without the ''-e'' is preferred in law globally, and in American English, while with the ''-e is preferred in British English. Like (abridgment), (acknowledgment), and (lodgment), judgment is sometimes written with English spellings in American English, as (judgement) (respectively, (abridgement), (acknowledgement), and (lodgement)). The British spelling preserves the rule that G can only be soft while preceding an E, I, or Y.

    Derived terms

    * against one's better judgment * arrest of judgment * Day of Judgment * judgment call * judgment day * judgment debt * judgment hall * judgment hour * judgment of God * judgment seat * judgment summons * judgment throne

    References

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    referee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports) An umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game
    • 'The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.'
  • A person who settles a dispute
  • A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone
    • Your application, along with letters from three referees , should be received by January 31.
  • An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published

    • Usage notes

    * In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

    Related terms

    * ref * umpire

    Verb

    (d)
  • To act as a referee.
  • * 'He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.'
  • * 'She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature .'