Difference between Refer and Relate

REFER vs RELATE: NOUN

Anything considered as being in a relation to another thing; something considered as being the first term of a relation to another thing. Also relatum.

Make reference to
Have as a meaning
Seek information from
Send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
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
Use a name to designate
Be relevant to
To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration.

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

To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to.
To make reference; to take account.
To understand or react favorably to someone or something.
To have or establish a social relationship; interact.
To have connection, relation, or reference.
To establish or demonstrate a connection between.
To give an account of (an occurrence, for example); narrate. : describe.

To have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal.
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.
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 carry or send back.

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.
To direct the attention; serve as a mark or sign of reference.
To allude; make allusion.
To have recourse; apply; appeal: as, to refer to an encyclopedia; to refer to one's notes.
To have relation; relate.
Synonyms Ascribe, Charge, etc. See attribute.
To direct for information; instruct to apply for any purpose.
To defer; put off; postpone.
To assign, as to a class, rank, historical position, or the like.
To reduce or bring in relation, as to some standard.
To give a reference: as, to refer to a former employer for a recommendation.
Reflexively, to betake one's self to; appeal.

To ally by connection or blood.
To tell; recite; narrate: as, to relate the story of Priam.
To refer or ascribe as to a source or origin; connect with; assert a relation with.
To bring into relation; refer.
To bring back; restore.
Synonyms To recount, rehearse, report, detail, describe. See account, n.
To have relation or connection.
Give an account of; narrate
To have reference or respect; have regard; stand in some relation; have some understood position when considered in connection with something else.
To make reference; take account.

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

Understand, Concerning, Affect, Touch on, Tie in, Bear on, Come to, Link, Associate, Concern, Touch, Connect, Interrelate, Refer, Pertain

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

Involve, Understand, Concerning, Affect, Touch on, Tie in, Bear on, Come to, Associate, Concern, Touch, Connect, Interrelate, Refer, Pertain

Refer flow chart for better understanding of SOP.
Community Level Lenders should refer to Section III.
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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.

They relate to events anywhere in the world.
But how does this relate to my CV?
Excel relate to previous ways of doing them.
Identify the events that relate to process gains.
Relate it with some example from your achievements.
You have big ideas, and we can relate.
How do those changes relate to the contin.
Consider whether the claims and issues relate to past conduct only, or whether they also relate to future or continuing conduct.
They do not relate to the present any more than they relate to the person.
Some relate to grammar and word usage while others relate to formatting and layout.