What's the difference between deference and reference?

Deference


Definition:

  • (n.) A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer, though suspected, was deferred for permanent sections in all cases.
  • (2) But it has already attracted attention for paying some deferred bonuses early in the US to avoid a hike in tax rates.
  • (3) The effect of deferring immediate coronary artery bypass was evaluated in two groups of similar patients having successful direct coronary artery thrombolysis with streptokinase in the treatment of evolving myocardial infarction.
  • (4) In June it warned that some revenues from 31 of about 200 social housing contracts had been deferred hitting the amount of cash coming into the business.
  • (5) The programme source insists that Desmond, while getting "seriously involved" in the production, has frequently deferred to Endemol and has "very much put his money where his mouth is" on the budget.
  • (6) This paper discusses the risk of SAH recurrence and the risk of vasospasm and ischaemia during the waiting time before surgery, in the attitude of deferred surgery which was elected in most cases of this series and compares the outcome with other published series.
  • (7) The Scottish government deferred this year's cut to next year to boost the recovery, and it will get less than £27bn next year.
  • (8) In his letter, Franklin said he was "somewhat surprised" by the guilty finding but "gave deference to the court-martial jury because they had personally observed the actual trial."
  • (9) Recently, balloon aortic valvuloplasty has been proposed for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis in elderly patients when aortic valve replacement has been declined or deferred.
  • (10) Tentative conclusions, with deference to the complex nature of dyslexia, are drawn and suggestions are made for future research.
  • (11) But for the fourth successive budget, because of high and volatile prices in the oil market, i propose to defer the usual inflation increase until September 1st.
  • (12) It would defer the moment of confronting the underlying problem, which is not a strong currency but a rotten state.
  • (13) "All he would have had was a deferred crisis in Britain.
  • (14) Following a median 10-day induction course, 16 patients with retinitis continued to have serial ophthalmologic assessments: eight patients were maintained on treatment and eight had maintenance treatment deferred.
  • (15) If initial thrombolytic therapy reestablishes vessel patency, similar improvements in ventricular function can be expected even if PTCA is deferred until clinically indicated by evidence of recurrent ischemia.
  • (16) One of the two patients with active osteomyelitis at the time of vascularized bone transfer had complications from recurrent sepsis, leading to the authors' caveat that vascularized bone transfer should be deferred until such time as sepsis is inactive.
  • (17) "Whilst I can't defer all the blame away from myself, I was barely out of my teenage years, and the consequence of this portrayal of me is that now I am frequently abused on social media," she said.
  • (18) George Osborne averted a Tory backbench rebellion in the Commons on Monday when the Treasury gave a powerful hint that the government could defer a planned 3p increase in fuel duty.
  • (19) No one can quite believe McChrystal would be so stupid ..." Author Eliot Cohen, writing in the Wall Street Journal , also stressed military deference to civilian authority.
  • (20) Comparison with 40 patients with TO-3 NX MO disease, whose treatment was deferred initially, showed a higher incidence of local progression in the untreated patients.

Reference


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
  • (n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.
  • (n.) Relation; regard; respect.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, is referred to.
  • (n.) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
  • (n.) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.
  • (n.) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
  • (n.) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.
  • (n.) Appeal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
  • (2) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
  • (3) The reference library used in the operation of a computerized search program indicates the closest matches in the reference library data with the IR spectrum of an unknown sample.
  • (4) (Predictive value positive refers to the proportion of all people identified who actually have the disease.)
  • (5) Bipolar derivations with the maximum PSE always included the locations with the maximum PSE obtained from a linked ears reference.
  • (6) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
  • (7) The Department of Health referred questions to Monitor.
  • (8) Using serial section electron microscopic reconstructions as a reference, we have chosen as our standard procedure a method that maximizes both the preservation of the cytoskeleton and the proportion of cells staining, while minimizing the degree of nonspecific staining.
  • (9) Variability (CV = 0.7%) in body volume of a 45-year-old reference man measured by SH method was very similar to variation (CV = 0.6%) in mass volume of the 60-1 prototype.
  • (10) The reference cohort consisted of 1725845 men otherwise gainfully employed.
  • (11) Tables provide data for Denmark in reference to: 1) number of legal abortions and the abortion rates for 1940-1977; 2) distribution of abortions by season, 1972-1977; 3) abortion rates by maternal age, 1971-1977; 4) oral contraceptive and IUD sales for 1977-1978; and 5) number of births and estimated number of abortions and conceptions, 1960-1975.
  • (12) At this threshold there was no effect on reducing the rate of visual acuity overreferrals, but ten children with abnormal binocular vision were detected who were not referred by visual acuity criteria.
  • (13) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
  • (14) They derive from publications of the National Insurance Institute for Occupational Accidents (INAIL) and refer to the Italian and Umbrian situation.
  • (15) It is usually referred to as an aminopeptidase inhibitor.
  • (16) The data show that as much as a 9% difference from the correct activity can be observed for these radionuclides, even when the ampoule reference source gives the appropriate reading.
  • (17) In the course of its history, psychiatry has grown richer parallel to the development of its spatiotemporal system of the reference.
  • (18) Developmental changes are delineated, with particular reference to recent work on the ovine blood-brain barrier.
  • (19) Compared with the reference compounds, brotizolam induced the weakest degree of physical dependence.
  • (20) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.