Pointing and Referring

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Referring and pointing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Referring" instead an adjective "Pointing".

Nearby Words: point, pointed, pointer, pointedly, pointy

Definitions of Pointing not found.

Pointing and referring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pointing" instead an adjective "Referring".

Nearby Words: refer, referred, referral

Humanity Is Superior: Decius appeals to the Ecclesiarchy with this argument, pointing out that referring to the Emperor as a God is demeaning, since as a human, he is actually so much more.

Source: Web Animation / If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device
Living in a relatively-hard sci-fi universe, where FTL Travel does not exist and interstellar travel itself is a rarity, French keeps referring to classic sci-fi novels and pointing out how they got things wrong.

Source: This Is Reality
She also was the Head-Mistress of the new Jean Grey school for a time and at one point this was even lampshaded by her pointing out how the students were referring now to her as she used to do it with the Professor.

Source: Comic Book / Kitty Pryde

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