Does 'It is only from an article about CED that we learn it has  171,000 entries,  which suggests that Collins means by references what Merriam-Webster means by entries .  But CED and Cobuild certainly do not say so!' provide a contradiction to the established premise 'Different dictionaries may use the terms entries and references to refer to the same thing.'
It is only from an article about CED that we learn it has  171,000 entries,  which suggests that Collins means by references what Merriam-Webster means by entries .  But CED and Cobuild certainly do not say so!###Different dictionaries may use the terms entries and references to refer to the same thing.