So if something is not concrete, what does that make it? And should we throw out all non-concrete language?
This web site
offers a good explanation for the difference and value of abstract language.
"We must understand how imprecise their meanings are, how easily they can be differently understood, and how tiring and boring long chains of abstract terms can be. Abstract terms are useful and necessary when we want to name ideas (as we do in thesis statements and some paragraph topic sentences), but they're not likely to make points clear or interesting by themselves."
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