abstraction vs conception

conception vs abstraction

abstraction and conception both are nouns.

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

As nouns, conception is a hypernym of abstraction; that is, conception is a word with a broader meaning than abstraction:

abstraction: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
conception: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

Other hypernyms of abstraction include concept, construct.

abstraction (noun)	conception (noun)
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples	the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
the act of withdrawing or removing something	an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
an abstract painting	the creation of something in the mind
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance	the event that occurred at the beginning of something
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

Difference between abstraction and conception

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