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Because it's not open to interpretation.

If I ask you for a "long stick" and you come back with something 4' long and I look at you like you're an idiot and say "I said a long stick" because I had something in the 10' range in mind, then that was a waste of your time, right? And you have every right to be miffed at me for not being specific enough the first time.

However, if I ask you for a stick at least 8' long and you come back with that 4' long stick, then I have every right to look at you like you're an idiot and be miffed at you for ignoring very clear instructions.

As it turns out, "concentrated" and "dilute" do have specific implied meanings in chemistry; "concentrated" means "exactly as it came out of the stock bottle" and "dilute" is frequently assumed to be 6 M (which isn't all that dilute; for a lot of common acids, for example, it represents between a 1:1 and 1:2 mixture of the stock solution with water) . However, unless you're a chemist yourself, you may not know this, and assume that you don't need to worry too much about spilling "dilute" sulfuric acid on yourself, when in fact it's a cause for serious concern.

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