Referred vs Known - What's the difference?
referred | known |
(refer)
To direct the attention of.
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
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.
(rfex) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
# (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence
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identified as a specific type; renowned, famous.
* He was a known pickpocket.
ed, accepted, familiar.
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In algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.
Any fact or situation which is known or familiar.
* 2012 , Thomas Dougherty, Antibiotic Discovery and Development (volume 1, page 39)
As verbs the difference between referred and known
is that referred is past tense of refer while known is past participle of lang=en.As an adjective known is
identified as a specific type; renowned, famous.As a noun known is
in algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.referred
English
Verb
(head)refer
English
Verb
(referr)- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
- He referred the matter to the principal.
- to refer a patient to a psychiatrist
- He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
Synonyms
* delegate * directDerived terms
* refer to * refer someone toAnagrams
* English palindromes ----known
English
Adjective
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Antonyms
* unknownVerb
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* (know)Noun
(en noun)- The biological dereplication tool may identify major knowns in a mixture, but it may miss novel minor components.