Referral vs. Recommend

Referralnoun

The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.

Referralnoun

(slang) A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral.

Referralnoun

a recommendation to consult the (professional) person referred to;

Referralnoun

the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)

Recommendverb

(transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

Recommendverb

(transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

Recommendverb

(transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably

Recommendverb

To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

Recommendverb

To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.

Recommendverb

To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

Recommendverb

To commit; to give in charge; to commend.

Recommendverb

push for something;

Recommendverb

express a good opinion of

Recommendverb

make attractive or acceptable;