References
Tags and references are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tags" instead a verb "References".
Tags
References and tags are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "References" instead a verb "Tags".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Molten Blade makes frequent use of title tags to include references and comments in strips that are otherwise intended to be serious.
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That Troper inserts spoiler tags in what might be otherwise oblique references only understood by familiar viewers, in order to really paste red flags over the phrases and names to look out for.
Source: Darth Wiki / That Troper -
Orwellian Retcon: The removal of the Bulldog tags from the first two series of Soapbox, despite references to them in the videos themselves, and the parody tags done when he and Webb briefly superseded them to promote their book.
Source: Creator / David Mitchell
Cite this Source
Tags and References. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/references/tags
References & Tags. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/references/tags>.
Tags or References. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/references/tags.
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