concrete vs physical

concrete

adj
  • Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories. 

  • Made of concrete, a building material. 

  • Real, actual, tangible. 

  • Particular, specific, rather than general. 

  • United by coalescence of separate particles, or liquid, into one mass or solid. 

verb
  • To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real). 

  • To cover with or encase in concrete (building material). 

noun
  • An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic. 

  • Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand. 

  • Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass. 

  • A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings. 

  • A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term. 

physical

adj
  • Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; having to do with the material world. 

  • Sexual, carnal. 

  • Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. 

  • Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political). 

  • In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics. 

  • Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive. 

noun
  • A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification. 

  • Physical examination. 

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