Reference vs. Recommendation

A relationship or relation (to something).

A measurement one can compare to.

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.

A person who provides this information; a referee.

A reference work.

(semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.

(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.

(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.

(programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.

A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.

(obsolete) Appeal.

To provide a list of references for (a text).

Example: ‘You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it.’;

To refer to, to use as a reference.

Example: ‘Reference the dictionary for word meanings.’;

To mention, to cite.

Example: ‘In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent.’;

(programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.

Example: ‘The given pointer will reference the actual generated data.’;

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.

Relation; regard; respect.

Example: ‘Something that hath a reference to my state.’;

One who, or that which, is referred to.

The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.

Appeal.

a remark that calls attention to something or someone;

Example: ‘she made frequent mention of her promotion’; ‘there was no mention of it’; ‘the speaker made several references to his wife’;

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

Example: ‘the student's essay failed to list several important citations’; ‘the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book’; ‘the article includes mention of similar clinical cases’;

an indicator that orients you generally;

Example: ‘it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved’;

a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts;

Example: ‘he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic’;

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;

Example: ‘requests for character references are all to often answered evasively’;

the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;

Example: ‘the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos’;

the act of referring or consulting;

Example: ‘reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer’;

a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;

Example: ‘he carried an armful of references back to his desk’; ‘he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation’;

the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to;

Example: ‘he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes’;

refer to;

Example: ‘he referenced his colleagues' work’;

Reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. The first object in this relation is said to refer to the second object.

An act of recommending.

That which is recommended.

A commendation or endorsement.

Example: ‘Your next employer may require a recommendation.’; ‘He made a recommendation about what food to order.’; ‘We followed the recommendation to order sushi.’;

The act of recommending.

That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.

The state of being recommended; esteem.

Example: ‘The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient.’;

something (as a course of action) that is recommeended as advisable

something that recommends (or expresses commendation) of a person or thing as worthy or desirable

any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission;

Example: ‘her pleasant personality is already a recommendation’; ‘his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society’;