Parts Of Speech: Noun Types( A general overview of Nouns)

3.Concrete noun

• A concrete noun is a noun that refers to people and to things that exist physically and can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, or tasted.
• Examples include dog, building, coffee, tree, rain, beach.

4.Abstract noun

• The word ‘abstract ‘refers to something that exists in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
• Hence, an abstract noun is a noun that refers to ideas, qualities, and conditions – things that cannot be seen or touched, and things that have no physical reality.

      e.g. love, truth, danger, happiness, time, friendship, humor.

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