referee vs critique

referee and critique both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
referee	Yes	No	Yes	No
critique	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, critique is a hypernym of referee; that is, critique is a word with a broader meaning than referee:

Other hypernyms of referee include review.

referee (noun)	critique (noun)
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play	a serious examination and judgment of something
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication	an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case

referee (verb)	critique (verb)
evaluate professionally a colleague's work	appraise critically
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition