You can't change a concrete noun into an abstract noun, but you can use a concrete noun in an abstract context. Example:
A highway is a concrete noun unless it's the highway to heaven.
A heart is a concrete noun, part of the body or a shape like a valentine but when we say 'our heart is broken', we don't mean the body organ or something shaped like a heart, we mean the heart of our feelings, an abstract concept.
You don't, some nouns are abstract some are concrete. Abstract nouns are nouns that refer to something we cannot see or touch; they're ideas, feelings, concepts. Concrete nouns can be used in an abstract concept such as the concrete noun road as 'the road to happiness', or the concrete noun bucket as 'a bucket of dreams'. The concept has changed, not the word.
I think you are asking the difference between abstract nouns and concrete nouns. A concrete noun is something that can be seen or touched like a cat or a tree. An abstract noun is something more intangible like happiness or peace.
No, the noun 'year' is an abstract noun, a word for a period of time. All nouns for time are abstract nouns, time is a concept.
"Keyboard" is a concrete noun because it refers to a physical object that can be seen and touched. Concrete nouns represent things that have a tangible existence, unlike abstract nouns, which denote ideas, qualities, or concepts that cannot be physically perceived.
The noun 'judge' is a concrete noun, a word for a person.The noun forms of the verb to judge are Judgement and the gerund, judging, abstract nouns as words for concepts.
You don't, some nouns are abstract some are concrete. Abstract nouns are nouns that refer to something we cannot see or touch; they're ideas, feelings, concepts. Concrete nouns can be used in an abstract concept such as the concrete noun road as 'the road to happiness', or the concrete noun bucket as 'a bucket of dreams'. The concept has changed, not the word.
Both concrete and abstract nouns are words for things. Both concrete and abstract nouns can be singular or plural. Both concrete and abstract nouns can be common nouns or proper nouns. Both concrete and abstract nouns function in a sentence as the subject of the sentence or clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.
Abstract nouns:educationtroubleConcrete nouns: elevatortree
Is Chicago a abstract noun or a concrete noun
The abstract nouns in the sentence are:justiceprincipledemocracyAll of these nouns are words for concepts. There are no concrete nouns in the sentence.
The abstract nouns for these concrete nouns are:motherhoodpriesthoodfriendship
abstract nouns refer to thing that are not concrete;
Abstract nouns
The same articles are used for abstract nouns as for concrete nouns. Examples:the theorya brainstorman accident
The abstract nouns are melancholy (an emotion) and politics (a concept).The nouns 'priest' and 'philosopher' are concrete nouns as words for a person.
Snowboarding is an activity, an action. Many action nouns are neither concrete nor abstract. Although detectable by the senses, they are not physical objects like concrete nouns.
I think you are asking the difference between abstract nouns and concrete nouns. A concrete noun is something that can be seen or touched like a cat or a tree. An abstract noun is something more intangible like happiness or peace.