Concept and conception

[Mher]

Hi people. Is there any cookie-cutter difference between the words "concept" and "conception"?

 

[Raymott]

Hi people. Is there any cookie-cutter difference between the words "concept" and "conception"?

No. A concept is an abstract idea. A conception is an instantiation of that idea in your head.
"Do you have any conception of this concept?"

 

[Rover_KE]

Conception has other, unrelated meanings.

 

[Mher]

No. A concept is an abstract idea. A conception is an instantiation of that idea in your head.
"Do you have any conception of this concept?"

That is to say: conception=understanding, concept=general idea.

 

[Barb_D]

instantiation

I learned a new word today.

 

[SoothingDave]

I learned a new word today.

You must not be a programmer.

 

[Barb_D]

You must not be a programmer.

I have never claimed to be.

 

[SoothingDave]

In modern "object-oriented" languages you have to instantiate objects (of a certain type or "class") to have something concrete to work with.