concept vs abstraction

abstraction vs concept

concept and abstraction both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of concept include conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization, notion, category, regulation, rule, attribute, dimension, property, abstract, quantity, division, part, section, whole, law, natural law, law, law of nature, lexicalized concept, hypothesis, possibility, theory, fact, linguistic rule, rule, adiaphoron, hypostatic union.

concept (noun)	abstraction (noun)
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances	a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
	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

Difference between concept and abstraction

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