Reference and Textbook

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Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Textbook and reference are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Textbook" instead a noun "Reference".

Textbook noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.

Usage example: one shelf in my bookcase is crammed full of my old college textbooks

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Reference and textbook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Textbook".

In "Girl Meets She Don't Like Me," the class, especially Farkle, is freaked out when they are told to turn to page 73 in their health textbook, a reference to "Girl Meets the New World" when Riley, wanting to keep the day moving, accidentally reads from her health textbook.

Source: Series / Girl Meets World
Not quite a textbook, but a damn fine reference.

Source: Doorstopper
Not so much of a textbook, but an excellent reference.

Source: Doorstopper

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