conception vs abstraction

abstraction vs conception

conception and abstraction both are nouns.

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

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

conception: 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 conception 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.

conception (noun)	abstraction (noun)
the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon	a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances	the act of withdrawing or removing something
the creation of something in the mind	an abstract painting
the event that occurred at the beginning of something	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 conception and abstraction

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