abstraction vs absolute

absolute vs abstraction

abstraction and absolute both are nouns.

abstraction is not an adjective while absolute is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abstraction	Yes	No	No	No
absolute	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

abstraction: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
absolute: something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative

Other hyponyms of abstraction include right, teacher, thing.

abstraction (noun)	absolute (noun)
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples	something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative
the act of withdrawing or removing something
an abstract painting
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

abstraction (adjective)	absolute (adjective)
	perfect or complete or pure
	not limited by law
	not capable of being violated or infringed
	expressing finality with no implication of possible change
	complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

Difference between abstraction and absolute

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