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recommendation vs reference

reference vs recommendation

recommendation and reference both are nouns.

recommendation is not a verb while reference is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recommendation Yes No No No
reference Yes No Yes No
As nouns, reference is a hyponym of recommendation; that is, reference is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recommendation:
  • recommendation: something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
  • reference: a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
Other hyponyms of recommendation include character, character reference, puff.
recommendation (noun) reference (noun)
any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission the act of referring or consulting
something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
a remark that calls attention to something or someone
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
an indicator that orients you generally
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
recommendation (verb) reference (verb)
refer to
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