abstract vs breadcrumb

abstract

verb
  • To draw off (interest or attention). 

  • He was wholly abstracted by other objects. 

  • To separate; to disengage. 

  • To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality. 

  • To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. 

  • To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. 

  • To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out". 

  • To create abstractions. 

  • To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. 

  • To remove; to take away; withdraw. 

  • To perform the process of abstraction. 

  • To withdraw oneself; to retire. 

adj
  • Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. 

  • Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century. 

  • Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied. 

  • Lacking a story. 

  • Absolute. 

  • Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects. 

  • Not concrete: conceptual, ideal. 

  • As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person. 

  • Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive. 

  • Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational. 

  • Insufficiently factual. 

noun
  • A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose. 

  • Concentrated essence of a product. 

  • An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. 

  • The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form. 

  • An abstract work of art. 

  • An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. 

  • A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title. 

  • Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. 

breadcrumb

verb
  • To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction. 

  • To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface). 

  • To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking. 

noun
  • A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid. 

  • One in a series of clues leading to a person or place. 

  • A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread. 

How often have the words abstract and breadcrumb occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )