Referend vs. Referent

Referendnoun

referent; something referred to

Referentnoun

(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.

Referentnoun

That which is referenced.

Referentnoun

something referred to; the object of a reference

Referentnoun

the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate

Referentnoun

something that refers; a term that refers to another term

Referent

A referent () is a person or thing to which a name – a linguistic expression or other symbol – refers. For example, in the sentence Mary saw me, the referent of the word Mary is the particular person called Mary who is being spoken of, while the referent of the word me is the person uttering the sentence.