Call and Refer

Call

Call verb - To speak so as to be heard at a distance.

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Refer and call are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refer" instead a verb "Call".

Nearby Words: calling, called, caller, callback, callable

Refer verb - Use a name to designate.

Usage example: Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary

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Call and refer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Call" instead a verb "Refer".

person	call person	refer person
attention	call attention	refer attention
man	call man	refer man
people	call people	refer people
Other words: name, place, time, characters, everyone, whatever, times, names.

And Mozzie has begun to occasionally call or refer to her as Elizabeth rather than Mrs. Suit.

Source: Series / White Collar
They also have a tendency to not refer to vegetables by name, though instead of a fictional or unusual name, they just call them "veggies".

Source: Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"
Prince Henry tells Danielle to call him Henry instead of "Your Highness", which is how he demanded she refer to him as when he discovered she was actually a commoner.

Source: Say My Name / Film

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