Commentator and Referee

Commentator

Commentator noun - An expert who observes and comments on something.

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Referee and commentator are semantically related in critic topic. In some cases you can use "Referee" instead a noun "Commentator".

Referee noun - A person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy.

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Commentator and referee are semantically related in critic topic. Sometimes you can use "Commentator" instead a noun "Referee".

known	known commentator	known referee
good	good commentator	good referee
normal	normal commentator	normal referee
current	current commentator	current referee
Other adjectives: main, former, official, blind, myopic, said, unnamed, Dutch.

Retired Badass: Even after he stopped wrestling he hung around the WWWF as a commentator and referee.

Source: Wrestling / Antonino Rocca
One Steve Limit: well and truly averted with a presenter, commentator and referee all named John.

Source: Series / Gladiators
One of the competitors was disqualified for poking the other guy in the eye, so he retaliated by poking the referee in the eye (with the commentator describing all of this as if nothing were wrong).

Source: Wimp Fight

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