What is a concrete and absract noun?

Question

thank you in advance. i am writing a poem for school and i totally forgot what the difference was! =]

Answer 1

Dear Nouns - Below is the best example I can think of to provide. Hope this helps.

Recognize an abstract noun when you see one.

Nouns name people, places, and things. One class of nouns is abstract. Your five senses cannot detect this group of nouns. You cannot see them, hear them, smell them, taste them, or feel them.

Check out the following example:

When Joseph dived into the violent waves to rescue a drowning puppy, his bravery amazed the crowd of fishermen standing on the dock.

Bravery, one of the nouns in this sentence, is an example of an abstract noun. You can see Joseph, the water, and the crowd. But you cannot see bravery itself. Bravery has no color, size, shape, sound, odor, flavor, or texture; it has no quality that you can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. Any noun that escapes your five senses is an abstract noun.

Don't confuse an abstract noun with a concrete noun.

Many nouns are concrete, not abstract. Concrete nouns register on your five senses. Here is an example:

Joseph cuddled the wet puppy under his warm jacket.

Puppy is an example of a concrete noun. You can see a puppy, stroke its fur, smell its breath, and listen to it whine. You can even taste the puppy if you don't mind pulling dog hair off your tongue! Because a puppy will register on all five senses, puppy is a concrete noun.

Look over this chart contrasting abstract and concrete nouns:

Abstract Nouns:

deceit

dedication

curiosity

trust

relaxation

Concrete Nouns:

the President

teacher

cat

airplane

bubble bath

Answer 2

a concrete noun names something you can see, touch, etc, like a building, a person or whatever.

an abstract noun describes something that doesn't exist physically like a feeling, an idea that kind of thing.

Answer 3

concrete anything you can touch, and registers on your five senses - table couch face grass

abstract Your five senses cannot detect this group of nouns. You cannot see them, hear them, smell them, taste them, or feel them. They have no physical form

bravery, love, hate, peace, freedom,  

Answer 4

A concrete noun is something that you can see and touch.

For example:

apple

table

paper

book

A abstract noun is a noun you can't see and touch.

For example:

courage

bravery

fear

I hope I have helped :-)

Answer 5

concrete- u can can touch it

abstract-you cant touch it

ie. concrete-book

ie. absract - freedom

Answer 6

Concrete nouns are nouns that you can feel see hear touch smell or taste. Like cookie, flower, shoe. You can remember these because concrete (like on the sidewalk) is solid.

Abstract nouns are nouns you cannot feel see hear touch smell or taste. Like love, hate, passion.

Some people get confused and think "but you can feel love..." But when talking about abstact/concrete nouns it means to literally feel. You can not literally touch love with your hands.

Answer 7

A concrete noun is something you can touch or hold like a rock.  A abstract noun is something that you cannot physically hold or touch like a thought.

Answer 8

Concrete is something you can see and feel while abstract is something you cannot feel or touch or see.

For example:

Concrete - Box, book, paper, people.

Abstract - Love.

Answer 9

Concrete noun -- something you can actually see or touch (house, arm, dog, etc.)

Abstract noun -- something you can't see or touch, but it still exists (anger, longing, dream, etc.)

Answer 10

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