Referent vs Referred - What's the difference?
referent | referred |
(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
That which is referenced.
(refer)
To direct the attention of.
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
(rfex) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
# (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence
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As a noun referent
is referee (person who gives a reference).As a verb referred is
(refer).referent
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(wikipedia referent)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* absent referentAnagrams
* * ----referred
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Verb
(head)refer
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Verb
(referr)- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
- He referred the matter to the principal.
- to refer a patient to a psychiatrist
- He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.