Difference between Relates and Refer

RELATES vs REFER: ADJECTIVE

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 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 assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class: : attribute.
To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
To direct the attention of.
To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.
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 direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like.
To direct to a source for help or information.

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.

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 bear or carry back; bring back.
To give a reference: as, to refer to a former employer for a recommendation.

Reflects, Refers, Pertains, Touch on, Tie in, Bear on, Come to, Link, Associate, Concern, Touch, Connect, Interrelate, Refer, Pertain

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

Applies, Corresponds, Involves, Refers, Touch on, Tie in, Bear on, Come to, 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

Act to which the document relates for the reporting period to which the failure relates whichever is higher.
Fifth Class relates more to a heating plant while the fourth class relates more to Power plants.
Tip: frame one design experience that relates to what the company needs and offer to show how a portfolio piece that relates to this.
Relates to health maintenance organization holding company systems, relates to enterprise risk, security holders, subsidiaries and investment authority, reinsurance agreements and consolidated tax all
Consistency relates to how well each procedure or process of the IMS relates to the others.
Relates to legislative special session, relates to emergencies.
Attorney General to enforce the provisions of the act; relates to consumer protection; relates to privacy; relates to state revenue.
Relates to insurance, relates to breach of security of a computer system, relates to notification requirement.
Relates to public health, relates to executive orders, relates to reauthorization.
Relates to executive orders, relates to emergencies, relates to reauthorization, relates to termination.

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.