term vs referent

term and referent both are nouns.

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

As nouns, referent is a hyponym of term; that is, referent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than term:

As nouns, referent is a hyponym of term; that is, referent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than term:

term: one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
referent: the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate

Other hyponyms of term include subject, predicate, relatum, categorem, categoreme, major term, minor term, middle term.

term (noun)	referent (noun)
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome	something referred to; the object of a reference
any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial	the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
a word or expression used for some particular thing	something that refers; a term that refers to another term
one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
a limited period of time
the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

term (adjective)	referent (adjective)
	having reference

term (verb)	referent (verb)
name formally or designate with a term