Abstraction is the process of removing details of objects. We step back from concrete objects to consider a number of objects with identical properties. So a concrete object can be looked at as a “superset” of a more abstract object.

A generalization, then, is the formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties. A concrete object can be looked at as a “subset” of a more generalized object.

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