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Referral vs Referer - What's the difference?

referral | referer |

As nouns the difference between referral and referer

is that referral is the act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring while referer is misspelling of lang=en.

referral

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.
    • 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.
  • (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.
    • After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.

    referer

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia referer) (en noun)
  • (Internet) the referring page; the URL that referred to a given page.
  • * 1996 , T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
    • The Referer field must not be sent if the Request-URI was obtained from a source that does not have its own URI, such as input from the user keyboard.
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    • Usage notes

    Referer is the field name used in the HTTP protocol ( RFC1945] and [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.36 RFC2616). Originally a misspelling, it has gained currency from its use there and in related documents.

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