referent vs denotive

referent is a noun but denotive is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
referent	Yes	Yes	No	No
denotive	No	Yes	No	No

referent (noun)	denotive (noun)
something referred to; the object of a reference
the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
something that refers; a term that refers to another term

referent (adjective)	denotive (adjective)
having reference	having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming