Referral vs Referee - What's the difference?
referral | referee |
The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.
(slang) A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral.
(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 referral and referee
is that referral is the act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring 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.referral
English
Noun
(en noun)- The insurance company insists I get a referral from my regular doctor, I can't just go to the specialist, a GP has got to refer me.
- After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.
referee
English
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.
