official vs ref
ref vs officialofficial and ref both are nouns.
official is an adjective but ref is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| official | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| ref | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
ref is a hyponym of
official; that is, ref is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
official:
- official: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
- ref: (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
Other hyponyms of official include
football official, linesman, referee, scorekeeper, scorer, dispatcher, starter, timekeeper, timer, ump, umpire.
| official (noun) | ref (noun) |
|---|---|
| someone who administers the rules of a game or sport | (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play |
| a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
| official (adjective) | ref (adjective) |
|---|---|
| having official authority or sanction | |
| of or relating to an office | |
| verified officially | |
| (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution | |
| conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline |
Words related to "official"
- Comptroller General
- Comptroller of the Currency
- Inquisitor
- accredited
- adjudicator
- administrative official
- agent
- apparatchik
- appointee
- authorised
- authoritative
- authorized
- bailiff
- beadle
- bureaucrat
- caretaker
- censor
- census taker
- church
- church officer
- church service
- city father
- civil servant
- commissar
- commissioned
- confirmed
- constituted
- diplomat
- diplomatist
- dispatcher
- doorkeeper
- elected official
- enumerator
- equerry
- established
- ex officio
- federal agent
- fire marshall
- fire warden
- football official
- forest fire fighter
- formal
- formalised
- formalized
- functionary
- hangover
- hearing examiner
- hearing officer
- holdover
- incumbent
- invalidator
- judge
- jurist
- justice
- licenced
- licensed
- licenser
- linesman
- mace
- macebearer
- macer
- mandarin
- notary
- notary public
- noticer
- nullifier
- office
- officeholder
- officer
- officialdom
- political commissar
- postmaster general
- prescribed
- proconsul
- prosecuting attorney
- prosecuting officer
- prosecutor
- provincial
- public prosecutor
- quaestor
- ranger
- record-keeper
- recorder
- recruiter
- ref
- referee
- registrar
- regular
- regulator
- returning officer
- scorekeeper
- scorer
- sealer
- searcher
- semiofficial
- skilled worker
- skilled workman
- starter
- teller
- timekeeper
- timer
- town clerk
- trained worker
- ump
- umpire
- unofficial
- usher
- vizier
- voider
- vote counter
- weigher
© WordCmp.com 2024,
CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.