Learn English – “Reference” vs. “credit” — which word to use when we have to mention sites we referred to

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Reference or credit — which word should be used in which context when we are talking about blog entries?

If we have taken the information from ten different sites, and put it all together in one place, which word out of the above would be appropriate then and why?

Best Answer

Give credit to somebody: give recognition, praise, approval

The credit of this discovery will be given to you.

Reference: act of referring, a mention

You should make a reference to a dictionary. The book is full of references to places that I know well.

You see credits given to people at the end of movies. You do not refer to the source there. Similarly, people are given credit for discoveries made by them. You do not refer to the source here either.

But when you make a reference, you actually are referring to the source (i.e., it's location).

So, in your case, you should "make a reference" and not "give credit".

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