concrete vs representation

concrete

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

  • 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. 

adj
  • Made of concrete, a building material. 

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

  • 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). 

representation

noun
  • A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others 

  • The act of representing. 

  • An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space. 

  • The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court. 

  • A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality. 

  • That which represents something else. 

  • The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government. 

  • A theatrical performance. 

  • An act of representing, i.e. presenting again. 

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