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Referrer vs Referral - What's the difference?

referrer | referral |

As nouns the difference between referrer and referral

is that referrer is a person who refers another while referral is the act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.

referrer

English

Noun

(wikipedia referrer) (en noun)
  • A person who refers another.
  • Derived terms

    * referer * rereferrer ----

    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.