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acknowledgment vs cross-reference

cross-reference vs acknowledgment

acknowledgment and cross-reference both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
acknowledgment Yes No No No
cross-reference Yes No No No
As nouns, cross-reference is a hyponym of acknowledgment; that is, cross-reference is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acknowledgment:
  • acknowledgment: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  • cross-reference: a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
Other hyponyms of acknowledgment include photo credit, cross-index.
acknowledgment (noun) cross-reference (noun)
a statement acknowledging something or someone a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
Difference between acknowledgment and cross-reference

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