Difference between Denote and Refer

DENOTE vs REFER: VERB

Have to do with or be relevant to
Think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
Send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
Seek information from
Have as a meaning
Make reference to
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration.
To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
Be relevant to
Use a name to designate

To direct the attention of.
To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class: : attribute.
To relate or pertain; concern.
To serve as a descriptor or have as a denotation.
To speak or write about something briefly or incidentally; make reference.
To turn one's attention, as in seeking information.
To direct to a source for help or information.
To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like.
To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention.
To have relation or reference; to relate; to point.
To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self.
To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out.
To signify directly; refer to specifically.
To serve as a symbol or name for the meaning of; signify.
To mark; indicate.
To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.

To carry or send back.
Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another
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.
To have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal.

Make known
To mark off from others; identify by a mark; designate; name; signify by a sign, especially a visible sign: as, the character × denotes multiplication. See connote.
To be the sign or symptom of; show; indicate: as, a quick pulse denotes fever.
Synonyms Note, Denote, Connote. See the definitions of these words.
To betoken, imply.
Make an announcement

To bear or carry back; bring back.
To trace back; assign to as origin, source, etc.; impute; assign; attribute.
To hand over or intrust for consideration and decision; deliver over, as to another person or tribunal for treatment, information, decision, and the like: as, to refer a matter to a third person; parties to a suit refer their cause to arbitration; the court refers a cause to individuals for examination and report, or for trial and decision.
Reflexively, to betake one's self to; appeal.
To reduce or bring in relation, as to some standard.
To assign, as to a class, rank, historical position, or the like.
To defer; put off; postpone.
To direct for information; instruct to apply for any purpose.
Synonyms Ascribe, Charge, etc. See attribute.
To have relation; relate.
To have recourse; apply; appeal: as, to refer to an encyclopedia; to refer to one's notes.
To allude; make allusion.
To direct the attention; serve as a mark or sign of reference.
To give a reference: as, to refer to a former employer for a recommendation.

Represent, Assign, Designate, Illustrate, Indicates, Mean, Reflect, Correspond, Indicate, Symbolize, Describe, Imply, Signify, Announce, Refer

Bear on, Touch on, Come to, Bring up, Advert, Concern, Look up, Touch, Name, Mention, Consult, Pertain, Relate, Denote, Cite

Demonstrate, Denominate, Suggest, Represent, Assign, Designate, Illustrate, Mean, Reflect, Correspond, Indicate, Describe, Imply, Announce, Refer

Ascribe, Describe, Touch on, Bear on, Come to, Concern, Look up, Touch, Name, Mention, Consult, Pertain, Relate, Denote, Cite

Since XQuery uses curly braces to denote enclosed expressions, some convention is needed to denote a curly brace used as an ordinary character.
Standardbased IEP goals and objectives denote gradelevel standards, and objectives denote present level of performance for current instruction.
There cannot well be more than two degrees; one to denote simple excess, and one to denote superlative.
Our star system does not denote hotel amenities but it does denote the level of our approval.
Positive values denote surplus; negative values denote deficit.
Abstract noun denote intangible things; whereas, concrete nouns denote tangible things.
Let N denote the CDMA processing gain and L denote the packet length in bits.
Let A denote the surface area of an object and l denote a characteristic dimension.
Open arrowheads denote DSF, open arrows denote newly formed actin arcs, and closed arrows denote ventral stress fibers.
Let Q denote charge, V denote potential difference, and U denote stored energy.

Refer flow chart for better understanding of SOP.
Community Level Lenders should refer to Section III.
For further information refer to Maintaining your wheelchair.
Flap has been bent, please refer to photo.
Refer Program not active right now, try later.
The term used to refer to something served before the main course but is used now to refer to the actual main course.
In Danish, you can use the word snoepje to refer to small candies or to refer to a loved one as a pet name.
We use who to refer to people and which to refer to things.
Does my thesis statement refer to the evidence or details I refer to in my essay?
To refer another shopper, give them the same code you used to refer a user.