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Difference between concrete and abstract language.


Concrete words are specific words. Good business communication is market by words that form sharp and clear meaning in the mind. These are the concrete words------

1.     Abstract words are vague. Abstract is the opposite of concrete.

2.     Concrete words stand for things that the reader can see, fealty, faster or smell.

3.     Abstract words stand for things that the reader cannot see, fealty, faster or smell.

Example:

Abstract

Concrete

A significant loss

A 53 percent loss

The majority

62 percent

Good attendance record

100 percent attendance record

 

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