Referent and Thing

Referent

Referent noun - Something referred to; the object of a reference.
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Thing and referent are semantically related. in object referred to topic. In some cases you can use "Thing" instead a noun "Referent".

Thing

Thing noun - A member of the human race.

Referent and thing are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Referent" with "Thing", this nouns are similar.
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