Referee vs Referent - What's the difference?
referee | referent |
(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 .'
(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
That which is referenced.
As nouns the difference between referee and referent
is that referee is an umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game while referent is the specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.As a verb referee
is to act as a referee.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.