Footnotes
References and footnotes are semantically related. In some cases you can use "References" instead a noun "Footnotes".
References
Footnotes and references are semantically related. You can use "Footnotes" instead a noun "References".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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For Want of a Nail is an Alternate History work where the American Revolution failed, and it's notable for it's extensive footnotes and references to academic books that don't exist.
Source: Footnote Fever - T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land contains so many obscure references to different works that it makes the reader wonder if they are reading a poem with footnotes or footnotes with a poem.
Source: Genius Bonus / Literature - The Third Policeman comes with numerous references to, and occasional Wall of Text footnotes quoting, a fictional Word Salad Philosopher by the name of de Selby.
Source: Word Salad Philosophy
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References and Footnotes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/footnotes/references
Footnotes & References. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/footnotes/references>.
References or Footnotes. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/footnotes/references.
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