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'''Abstract''' and '''concrete''' nouns are one of the distinctions in the [[word class]] of [[noun]]s.  The difference is essentially a '''semantic''' one: it is based on what the words mean.

*'''Concrete''' nouns refer to things you can actually experience directly through your senses - e.g. a brick, a window, a smell, a song, or a taste.  
*'''Abstract''' nouns are the things that only exist in the mind, such as religion, an idea, and an argument.  (Note that an abstract noun can be either a [[common noun]] - e.g. religion - or a [[proper noun]] - e.g. Buddhism, Christianity or Islam.)

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