Identify
Identify verb - To find out or establish the identity of.
Referring to and identify are semantically related In some cases you can use "Referring to" instead a verb "Identify".
Referring to
Identify and referring to are semantically related in choose topic. Sometimes you can use "Identify" instead a verb "Referring to".
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Gorons all identify as male, referring to each other as "Brother." This could be the case of identity (like Discworld) rather than biological sex or they could be Truly Single Parents, since all cases of child Gorons seen in the series only have fathers and mothers are never mentioned.
Source: One-Gender Race -
This means young Loki has a female aspect to change into (there is also Word of God on this), which they do sometimes just because they can, and they identify as a woman when looking like one to boot (things like referring to themselves as Goddess or using she).
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