Difference between referrer="never" and rel="noreferrer"

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I was wondering what the difference is between:

<a href="example.com" referrer="never">Link</a>

and

<a href="example.com" rel="noreferrer">Link</a>

I want it so when a user clicks an external link on my site no referrer data is sent to that site. When I search for that on Google it seems rel="noreferrer" is the way to go however I believe https://dereferer.me (common website for doing exactly this to indivual links) uses referrer="never".

Follow-up Question

What's the difference between:

<meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer">

and

<meta name="referrer" content="never">

and

<meta name="referrer" content="none">

Thanks!

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