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cross-reference vs acknowledgment

acknowledgment vs cross-reference

cross-reference and acknowledgment both are nouns.

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

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