different between critic vs referee

English

Alternative forms

• critick (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from ????? (krín?, “I judge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?k??t.?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Noun

critic (plural critics)

1. A person who appraises the works of others.
2. A specialist in judging works of art.
3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.

   • When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature.

4. An opponent.
5. Obsolete form of critique (an act of criticism)
6. Obsolete form of critique (the art of criticism)
   • 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Chapter 21, page 550

     And, perhaps, if they were distinctly weighed, and duly considered, they would afford us another sort of logic and critic, than what we have been hitherto acquainted with.

Derived terms

• armchair critic
• criticess

Related terms

Translations

Verb

critic (third-person singular simple present critics, present participle criticking, simple past and past participle criticked)

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To criticise.
   • 1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority

     Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.

Anagrams

• citric

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English critique, from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?c???t??c/

Noun

critic f (genitive singular critice, nominative plural criticí)

1. critique

   Synonym: beachtaíocht

2. criticism

   Synonym: criticeas, léirmheastóireacht

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "critic" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “critic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Ladin

Adjective

critic m pl

1. masculine plural of critich

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French critique and Latin criticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kri.tik/

Noun

critic m (plural critici)

1. critic

Adjective

critic m or n (feminine singular critic?, masculine plural critici, feminine and neuter plural critice)

1. critical

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), from Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”); as if refer +? -ee, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???f.???i?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f???i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

referee (plural referees)

1. (sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.

2. A person who settles a dispute.
3. A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone.

   Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.

4. An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.

Usage notes

• In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

Related terms

• ref

Translations

Verb

referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)

1. To act as a referee.

Translations

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?refere?/, [?re?fe?re??]
• IPA^(key): /?referi?/, [?re?fe?ri?]
• Rhymes: -efere?
• Syllabification: re?fe?ree

Noun

referee

1. referee (expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published)

   Synonym: arvioija

Declension

Spanish

Noun

referee m or f (plural referees)

1. referee