thing vs concern

concern vs thing

thing and concern both are nouns.

thing is not a verb while concern is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thing	Yes	No	No	No
concern	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, concern is a hypernym of thing; that is, concern is a word with a broader meaning than thing:

thing: a vaguely specified concern
concern: something that interests you because it is important or affects you

thing (noun)	concern (noun)
a separate and self-contained entity	something that interests you because it is important or affects you
an action	something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
an artifact	a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
an entity that is not named specifically	an anxious feeling
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence	a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
a special abstraction
a special objective
a vaguely specified concern
a statement regarded as an object
an event
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
a special situation

thing (verb)	concern (verb)
	be relevant to
	be on the mind of

Difference between thing and concern

Words related to "concern"

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